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The supporting parts of European Normative (EN) 1317 and AASHTO’s "Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware" (MASH) are equivalent documents produced in Europe and the United States for assessing the safety performance of roadside hardware. While it is understood that there are some differences there are also many similarities. Often industry asks whether they can sell products tested to NCHRP Report 350: "Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features" or MASH in Europe, while others ask whether products tested to EN 1317 can be sold in the United States? It is the author's view that the short answer is no and this paper will provide the reasons and in what sense a recognition is possible. Universally, it is acknowledged that road safety is improved if the risk of an accident is reduced and if the potential injuries from each accident are also reduced. Effective roadside hardware results in less injury when a vehicle collides with it. The concepts of using effective roadside safety hardware (safety barriers or vehicle restraint systems) to improve road safety are the same everywhere. EN 1317 and MASH have the same focus of setting assessment procedures and limits for different parameters that provide safe and responsible hardware.

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English

pp 22-27

2013-2

Transportation Research Circular

Roadside Safety Design and Devices: International Workshop

Web

Figures; Photos

Barriers (Roads); Highway design; Highway safety; Roadside; Safety equipment; Test procedures

AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware; European Normative Standards; NCHRP Report 350

Roadside safety hardware

Europe; United States

Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Mar 19 2013 11:13AM

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