Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has recently issued the new guideline for metal crash barrier to be installed along the national highways. It has been decided that before erecting semi rigid crash barrier on national highways, the road restraint system to be crash tested and shall meet the requirements of EN 1317 or the requirement of American manual for accessing safety hardware (MASH).

To meet the above requirement,NATRAX has commenced development testing of crash barrier as per European standard i.e EN 1317 and successfully completed more than 13 tests on different category of the vehicles. Presently, NATRAX has completed tests for H1, H2 and N2 barrier (I.e W beam and Thrie Beam) and is capable to access all kinds of contaminated levels i.e TL1-TL3, H1-H3 etc. All these tests were conducted in consultation with a Global consultant.

 

 

Type of test	Type of vehicle	Remarks	Measurement Details
TB 11 on W beam	Car 900 kg	100kph 20deg	ASI, THIV Accl (g)& gyro (deg/s)
TB 32 on W beam	Car 1,500 kg	110kph 20deg	Speed camera Barrier deformation
TB 42 on W beam	Rigid Truck 10,000kg	70kph 15deg	Speed camera Barrier deformation
TB 11 on Thrie beam	Car 900kg	100kph 20deg	ASI, THIV Accl (g)& gyro (deg/s)
TB 51 on Thrie Beam	Bus 13,000kg	70kph 20deg	Speed camera Barrier deformation

 

The center is also in the process of enhancing the capabilities as per global test agencies.