Driving safety forward

The introduction of the European Standard that regulates safety barriers, EN 1317, removed the requirement for barriers to conform to the Highways Agency design. This has allowed companies such as Corus to develop new designs. Corus uses computer-aided technology to test how metals react under different conditions and to simulate high speed crashes into barriers. This led to the creation of Vetex steel barriers. All safety barriers must be physically tested to meet EN 1317, but simulations improved the performance in physical tests. Vetex is an untensioned barrier that does not need regular maintenance. The number of components used is reduced, making installation simpler and quicker. Vetex can be integrated with existing UK barriers. Improved engineering has allowed the distances between the supporting posts to be increased and the length of beams to be increased. New products in the Vetex range include Vetex N2W2 and N2W4 barriers.

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• Publication Date: 2006-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 22-24
• Serial:
  • Highways
  • Publisher: Alad Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-6168
  • Serial URL: http://www.highways-mag.co.uk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Steel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety barriers
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1686: Safety fence; 187: Specification (standard); 4542: Steel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089751
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 12 2008 10:22AM