@article{ref1,
title="Side-impact crash test and evaluation criteria for roadside safety hardware",
journal="Transportation research record",
year="1998",
author="Ray, Malcolm and Hargrave, Martin and Carney, John, III and Hiranmayee, K.",
volume="1647",
number="",
pages="97-103",
abstract="During the past decade, reducing the severity of side-impact collisions has been an emerging area of research by a variety of organizations and research communities. The motor vehicle manufacturing and regulatory communities in the United States, Europe, and many other countries have developed dynamic side-impact test and evaluation criteria to reduce the severity of vehicle-to-vehicle side-impact collisions. Similarly, the international research community has developed test procedures for performing impacts into poles, one of the most severe types of side-impact collisions. Preliminary side-impact test and evaluation procedures have been conducted for roadside safety hardware, like guardrails, guardrail terminals, luminaire supports, utility poles, and signs. Recommendations for performing roadside hardware side-impact crash tests are summarized; the results of several side-impact roadside hardware crash tests are described; the proposed test and evaluation procedures are compared with other major side-impact test and evaluation procedures; and areas requiring further research are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-1981",
doi="10.3141/1647-12",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1647-12"
}