CRASH TESTS AND EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY APPURTENANCES--VOLUME 1. SIGN AND LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS

A comprehensive program of full-scale automobile crash tests of highway appurtenances and evaluations of their performance was conducted. Testing was conducted in accordance with fundamental requirements of NCHRP Report 153. 2250 and 4500-lb automobiles were used. The program reported herein was conducted to evaulate certain pieces of hardware, and to provide data for validation of theory and correlation with laboratory tests. Data from these full-scale tests were provided to ENSCO, Inc., for use in development of laboratory test procedures under Contract DOT-FH-11-8118. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Buth, C E
  • Samuelson, G R
  • Olson, R M
• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 101 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash tests; Luminaires; Structural supports; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Supports
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315181
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-79- 92 Final Rpt., FCP 31F1-172
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8509
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 5 1980 12:00AM