International crash test standards for roadside safety features.
Title:
International crash test standards for roadside safety features.
Author:
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Publication Information:
[Washington, D.C.] : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, [1995]
Physical Description:
30 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series:
Transportation research circular, no. 451
Transportation research circular ; no. 451.
General Note:
Cover title.
"Presentations made during a session entitled International Crash Test Standards for Roadside Safety Features, held at the 1993 TRB Annual Meeting"--Foreward.
"December 1995."
Contents:
European Committee for Normalization Standards for Road Restraint Systems -- Overview of European Standardization for Road Restraint Systems -- Performance classes and impact test criteria for safety barriers and crash cushions -- Test methods -- U.S. test and evaluation procedures -- Overview -- Update to NCHRP report 230 -- Implementation and interaction between CEN standards and U.S. procedures -- Validation of CEN test standards -- Implementation of CEN procedures: The construction products directive -- Implementation of U.S. procedures -- Implementation of CEN and U.S. procedures on a global basis -- Implementation of CEN and U.S. procedures on a global basis: The United States.
Abstract:
The material in this circular was compiled from presentations made during a session entitled International Crash Test Standards for Roadside Safety Features, held at the 1993 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Mr. Harry W. Taylor, Federal Highway Administration, was the moderator for the session and prepared this circular. The session focused on existing and proposed European and United States crash test acceptance procedures for roadside safety appurtenances, such as guardrails, safety fences, bridge rails, and crash cushions: what they are; how they have been developed; their similarities and differences; and how different standards will be implemented.
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