Full-scale crash testing has shown that W-beam guardrails do not perform well when installed on even modest roadside slopes. In order to provide the maximum clear recovery area, guardrails are installed as far as possible from the traveled way. This practice causes guardrail terminals to be placed adjacent to roadside slopes and embankments. Vehicles that strike guardrail terminals are often allowed to pass through the systems at a relatively high speed. There is a concern that even moderate embankments placed near the end of a guardrail could cause these vehicles to rollover. Safety performance evaluation criteria contained in NCHRP Report 350 recommend that guardrail terminals be tested on flat ground. Hence, there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding acceptance configurations near a guardrail terminal.
Embankment Widening and Slopes for Energy Absorbing End Terminals
2003
58 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Guardrail impact tests , Energy absorption , Traffic safety , Highways , Slopes , Test validation , Recommendations , Computer programs , End terminals , Embankment widening , Gating terminal crash tests , HVOSM , Slope variations
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