RSSMore than 100 representatives from local authorities, the police, and the highway safety-related business world attended UK Roads Crash Demonstration Day at 3158 MIRA near Nuneaton, in central England yesterday.
The event included five crash demonstrations of road safety solutions developed by leading highway technology companies and an exhibition of safety products and services inside a marquee next to the demonstration site.
The successful demonstrations featured:
After the demonstration of the firm’s Barrier Guard 800 gate, Highway Care (HC) managing director Steve Powell said: “Barrier gates are being used more and more on roads now. This test shows there is a barrier gate system that contains an accident with minimum [vehicle] deflection, while requiring no repair or replacement.“
Powell said the Barrier Guard 800 gate was being used on major highways all over the world. Within the last year HC has also made available a Barrier Guard 800 gate with wheels which, Powell said, is the only wheeled-gate barrier solution on the market.
The full list of exhibiting companies at the UK Roads Crash Demonstration Day were:2579 Mott MacDonald; MIRA; SAPA Poles; FSP; 5609 King Trailers; One2see/Harvard; 3160 FLI Structures; Highway Care; 3162 Gloucester Composites; 346 Traffex/Road Expo; 3161 Brett Landscaping; NAL; 5611 Valmont and Stainton; 5612 Solar Signs; Delta Bloc; 2439 SignPost Solutions; Varley and Gulliver; Post & Column; 5614 Ritherdon; 5615 Poletech; 2314 Stirling Lloyd; ALAD; TMS Consultancy, and professional institutions the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) and the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE).
The event included five crash demonstrations of road safety solutions developed by leading highway technology companies and an exhibition of safety products and services inside a marquee next to the demonstration site.
The successful demonstrations featured:
- A 900kg car colliding with a new 140mm diameter fibre composite traffic signal post provided by
1604 FSP Ltd, complete with1134 Siemens signal head and electrical supply, and planted in an5610 NAL Retention Socket. - A saloon car striking a Barrier Guard 800 gate manufactured by
1529 Highway Care. - An NE classified shored-up sign structure from
5608 SAPA Poles being hit by a 1,500kg HGV at 100kph (62mph). - A 4m high passively safe SAPA Poles traffic signal pole being struck by a fast moving vehicle.
4017 Delta Bloc’s DB 100 H4a vertical concrete barrier being hit by a 7.5tonne commercial vehicle at 97kph (60mph).
After the demonstration of the firm’s Barrier Guard 800 gate, Highway Care (HC) managing director Steve Powell said: “Barrier gates are being used more and more on roads now. This test shows there is a barrier gate system that contains an accident with minimum [vehicle] deflection, while requiring no repair or replacement.“
Powell said the Barrier Guard 800 gate was being used on major highways all over the world. Within the last year HC has also made available a Barrier Guard 800 gate with wheels which, Powell said, is the only wheeled-gate barrier solution on the market.
The full list of exhibiting companies at the UK Roads Crash Demonstration Day were:
