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Title:

Development of Test Standard for Evaluation of Motorcyclist Impacts on Road Safety Barriers

Accession Number:

01123214

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The problem of injuries to motorcyclists caused by impacts with roadside barriers is a well known issue, but until recently, few standards have been proposed in this field. European Standard EN-1317 assesses the performance of road restraint systems by performing crash tests using vehicles with masses ranging from 900 to 38000 kg. However, motorcyclists, being vulnerable road users and with a key importance in road casualty statistics, are not specifically addressed. In Spain, a research work was carried out with the main objective to develop a proposal of test procedure to evaluate road infrastructure in terms of motorcyclists’ safety. Firstly, it was necessary to identify the most representative scenarios describing real motorcyclists’ impacts against infrastructure. Database analysis and literature review did not yield conclusive results, so a theoretical study, reconstruction of accidents and computer simulation work was performed in order to select the parameters to be used in the standard proposal. On the other hand, no crash-test dummies were available (specifically developed and validated) for this application. The review of similar test standards and a numerical dummy model aiming to modify an existing (Hybrid III) dummy were deemed to be the most applicable steps to improve the described situation in the medium term. Accordingly, injury criteria were defined for head, neck and thorax. This paper describes the work methodology that was followed for the establishment of guidelines which led to the current Spanish Standard for the assessment of roadside furniture performance.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-0789

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Garcia Pena, Juan
Garcia Ruiz, David
Mansilla, Alberto
Molinero, Aquilino
Peldschus, Steffen

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Photos; References (34) ; Tables (3)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-0789

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 5:01PM