HAZARD POTENTIAL OF LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS IN HIGHWAY MEDIAN IS EVALUATED

THE IMPACT BEHAVIOR OF MEDIAN-MOUNTED LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS, AND THE NATURE OF SECONDARY COLLISIONS OF VEHICLES STRIKING THEM WHEN THEY ARE DOWNED IN A TRAFFIC LANE, HAVE BEEN EVALUATED THROUGH RESEARCH INVOLVING CRASH TESTS. THESE FULL-SCALE CRASH TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT BEHAVIOR OF MEDIAN-MOUNTED SUPPORTS AND SECONDARY VEHICLE DOWNED POLE CONDITIONS. A RELATIVE HAZARD CREATED BY THE PROXIMITY AND FREQUENCY OF LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS. THE INDEX SUGGESTS THAT MEDIAN-MOUNTED LUMINAIRE SYSTEMS PRODUCE LESS HAZARD THAN HOUSE-SIDE SYSTEMS FOR MEDIAN WIDTHS OF 32 FEET OR GREATER.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • RESEARCH REPORT 146-5
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Hazards; Impacts; Luminaires; Medians; Secondary crashes; Structural supports; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Supports
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222074
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Texas Transportation Researcher
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM