Evaluation of Existing Roadside Safety Hardware Using Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Criteria

Evaluation of Existing Roadside Safety Hardware Using Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Criteria
Author: D. Lance Bullard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2010
Genre: Roads
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 349: Evaluation of Existing Roadside Safety Hardware Using Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Criteria explores the safety performance of widely used non-proprietary roadside safety features by using MASH. Examples of features evaluated include longitudinal barriers (excluding bridge railings), terminals and crash cushions, transitions, and breakaway supports. The complete report on the project that developed NCHRP RRD 349 was published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 157.

Volume I

Volume I
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2010
Genre: Electronic book
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Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, Second Edition

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware, Second Edition
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Publisher:
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2016
Genre: Roads
ISBN: 9781560516651

This manual encourages consistency in testing and evaluation of roadside safety features. It includes a new matrix for cable barrier testing on slopes, modifications to several test vehicle dimensions, and updated test documentation requirements.

MASH Evaluation of TxDOT Roadside Safety Features

MASH Evaluation of TxDOT Roadside Safety Features
Author: Roger P. Bligh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Automobiles
ISBN:

In 2009, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) published the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH), which supersedes the previous crash test and evaluation guidelines. A MASH implementation agreement was jointly developed and adopted by the Federal Highway Administration and AASHTO. It establishes implementation dates for different categories of roadside safety features. Texas Department of Transportation Bridge, Design, Maintenance, and Traffic Operations Divisions reviewed their standards for roadside safety devices and identified those devices that require testing and evaluation to assess MASH compliance. Under this project, roadside safety systems used in Texas will be crash-tested in accordance with MASH criteria in three phases over a 3-year period. A total of 10 devices were tested and evaluated during Phase I. In Phase II, an additional 14 devices were tested and evaluated. In Phase III, which is the subject of this report, an additional 14 devices were tested and evaluated. This report documents the crash testing and evaluation of these devices in accordance with MASH criteria. The critical configurations were identified and critical tests performed to assess MASH compliance.

Roadside Design Guide

Roadside Design Guide
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1989
Genre: Roads
ISBN: