01503755

Monograph

This issue contains 9 papers concerned with roadside safety design. Specific topics addressed include: the Midwest Guardrail System without blockouts; opposite-direction road departure crashes; the injury risk posed by side impact of nontracking vehicles into guardrails; retrofit bridge rail design and testing for a historic steel truss bridge; Highway Safety Manual models to predict run-off-road crashes; crash wall design to protect mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls; W-beam guardrail trailing-end terminals; Test Level 2 guardrail-to-bridge rail transitions; and motorcyclist impacts into roadside barriers.

English

99p

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309286961

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Guardrails; Highway bridges; Highway design; Highway safety; Motorcycle crashes; Ran off road crashes; Retaining walls; Retrofitting; Roadside; Roadside hazards

Highway Safety Manual

Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 17 2014 8:35AM

• Characterization of Opposite-Direction Road Departure Crashes in the United States
• Crash Wall Design to Protect Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls
• Dynamic Evaluation and Implementation Guidelines for a Nonproprietary W-Beam Guardrail Trailing-End Terminal
• Injury Risk Posed by Side Impact of Nontracking Vehicles into Guardrails
• Midwest Guardrail System Without Blockouts
• Motorcyclist Impacts into Roadside Barriers: Is the European Crash Test Standard Comprehensive Enough?
• Retrofit Bridge Rail Design and Testing for a Historic Texas Steel Truss Bridge
• Some Limitations of the Models in the Highway Safety Manual to Predict Run-off-Road Crashes
• Test Level 2 Guardrail-to-Bridge Rail Transition Compatible with 31-in. Guardrail