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Title: PERFORMANCE OF BREAKAWAY CABLE AND MODIFIED ECCENTRIC LOADER TERMINALS IN IOWA AND NORTH CAROLINA: IN-SERVICE EVALUATION
Accession Number: 00802523
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Developing safe and effective guardrail terminals has been a high priority for roadside safety researchers for several decades. Numerous full-scale crash tests have been performed, and many new types of terminals have been developed. Results are presented of an in-service performance evaluation of two popular guardrail terminals--the breakaway cable terminal and the modified eccentric loader terminal. The data were collected in parts of Iowa and North Carolina during a 24-month period from 1997 to 1999. The collision characteristics, occupant injuries, and barrier damage were evaluated to determine collision performance.
Supplemental Notes: This appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1720, Roadside Safety Features and Hydraulic, Hydrology, and Water Quality Issues.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Ray, M HHopp, J APagination: p. 44-51
Publication Date: 2000
Serial: ISBN: 0309066980
Features: Figures
(1)
; References
(10)
; Tables
(11)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Nov 15 2000 12:00AM
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