Proposed Australian/New Zealand AS/NZS 3845.2 standard for truck underrun barriers: design, testing and performance requirements

Each year around twelve fatalities occur as a result of truck rear underruns in Australasia. The injuries are usually horrific. Given Australia has adopted a ‘Safe System Approach’ road safety strategy, all such foreseen fatalities need to be addressed if a design countermeasure can be implemented. This paper presents details of practical test requirements set out in the draft Australian New Zealand standard AS/NZS 3845.2: Road Safety Barrier Systems and Devices which is now out for public comment. Brief details of the crash test matrix and the basis on which requirements were established is presented.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Grzebieta, R
  • Rechnitzer, G
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Guardrails; Hazard mitigation; Heavy vehicles; Standardization; Standards; Underride override crashes; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Australian standard; Crash test; Heavy vehicle; Safety fence; Underride prevention; Vehicle safety
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1648: Impact test (crash); 1236: Lorry; 1686: Safety fence
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01617901
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:30PM