Reconstruction of Accidents Involving Highway Barriers

The full scale crash tests on which this report is based focused on the performance of a segmented concrete barrier used along the highways of British Columbia. The barriers are similar to those used along many construction zones of the U.S. The opportunity was taken during a number of the tests to make a detailed record of the vehicle damage. The purpose of these vehicle damage measurements was to investigate how well vehicle damage could be related to the original test impact conditions. The main pre-impact condition of interest in many situations is speed.