Recommended procedures for vehicle crash testing of highway appurtenances
By: M. E. Bronstad and J. D. Michie.
Contributors: Michie, Jarvis Dale, joint author.
Series: Report - National Cooperative Highway Research Program ; 153; Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ;; 153.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Roads -- Guard fences -- Testing.; Roads -- Lighting -- Break-away supports -- Testing.; Bridge railings -- Testing.; Median strips -- Testing.
Description: This report which is a synthesis of existing information on barrier technology, test methods, and human tolerance, recommends procedures for conducting passenger vehicle crash tests of roadside appurtenances (longitudinal barriers such as bridges rails, guardrails, median barriers, transitions and terminals; crash cushions; and breakaway or yielding supports for signs and luminaires), and provides a commentary on these procedures. The procedures (devised to subject the appurtenances to severe conditions rather than to "typical" highway situations) which aim to promote uniform testing of such appurtenances, are directed to test only the safety or dynamic performance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration."
"Project 22-2 FY '73."