Full-Scale Crash Evaluation of the NETC 4-Bar Sidewalk-Mounted Steel Bridge Railing

Details

• Creators:
  Kimball, C. E. ; Mayer, J. B.
• Corporate Creators:
  Southwest Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Contracts and Procurement
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automobiles
  • Parapets
  • Guardrails
  • Highway safety
  • Impact tests
  • Pickup trucks
  • Trucks
  • Bridge railings
  • Bridge parapets
  • Pickup trucks
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SRI-18-8518 ; . FHWA-RD-99-027
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report - September 1996 - September 1998
• Contracting Officer:
  C. F. McDevitt
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of three NCHRP Report 350 type crash tests conducted on a sidewalk-mounted steel bridge railing designed by the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC). The test vehicles included an 820-kg small car, a 2,000-kg pickup truck, and an 8,000-kg single-unit van truck. Barrier performance was satisfactory for most of the test evaluation criteria of Report 350 with one exception - in the heavy vehicle (8,000- kg truck) test, the vehicle front axle assembly was dislodged in the impact sequence, allowing the vehicle's trajectory to intrude into adjacent traffic lanes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-96-C-00088
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42094/dot_42094_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.65 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d4a83a515de710bd5ea0d9078b7fbaf4c2d603a2dfff549883d0d83414e10d2f