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To Review the Standards for the Provision of Nearside Safety Fences on Major Roads, Issued February 2002
Document References
"Safety Fences and Barriers",
TD 19/85; June 1985; Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, The Highways Agency/The Scottish Office/The Welsh Office/The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
"Use of Temporary Safety Barriers at Road Works",
Interim Advice Note 24; December 1998; Highways Agency
"Safety Fences and Barriers",
Interim Advice Note 26; February 1999; Highways Agency
"Use of 'Varioguard' Temporary Safety Barriers at Road Works",
Interim Advice Note 34; January 2001; Highways Agency
"The Design of Highway Bridge Parapets",
BD 52/93; April 1993; Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, The Highways Agency/The Scottish Office/The Welsh Office/The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
"European Standard for Road Restraint Systems"
BS EN 1317-1 Road Restraint Systems - Part 1: Terminology and general criteria for test methods.
BS EN 1317-2 Road Restraint Systems - Part 2: Performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods for safety barriers
BS EN 1317-3 Road Restraint Systems - Part 3: Crash cushions - performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods
pr EN 1317-4 Road Restraint Systems - Part 4: Performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods of terminals and transitions of safety barriers
pr EN 1317-5 Road Restraint Systems - Part 5: Durability and evaluation of conformity
pr EN 1317-6 Road Restraint Systems - Part 6: Pedestrian restraint systems. Pedestrian parapet
"Accident study into safety fence provision: final report";
1998; Janet V Kennedy, TRL
"Accidents at hard shoulder discontinuities on dual 2-lane and 3-lane motorways";
1998; J P Fletcher and I Summersgill, TRL
