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Test and Evaluation Criteria for Side‐Impact Roadside Appurtenance Collisions
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Side‐impact collisions with roadside objects, such as trees, luminaires, signs, and guardrails, a serious type of accident, have not been adequately addressed by the roadside hardware testing community due to the difficulties ...
Experience with Cable Median Barriers in the United States: Design Standards, Policies, and Performance
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A review of the experience of 23 states on the use and effectiveness of cable median barriers is presented. As of 2007, 23 states have installed more than 4,183 km (2,600 mi) of cable median barriers. Experiences of the ...
Severity Measures in Side‐Impacts with Narrow Roadside Structures
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Vehicles that run off the road and then slide sideways into fixed objects along the roadside are an important accident scenario that has been often overlooked in developing roadside hardware. This paper combines the results ...