TTI Research Supervisor: William F. Williams, P.E. Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System TAMU 3135 College Station, Texas 77843-3135 (979) 862-2297 [email protected]
Pooled Fund Technical Representative: Ted J. Whitmore, P.E. Traffic Services Engineer West Virginia Department of Transportation (304) 414-7373 [email protected]
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the tests reproted herein was to assess the performance of the Shortened Transition according to the safety-performance evaluation guidelines included in the second edition of the American Association of State Highway ans Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) (1). The crash test was performed in accordance with MASH Test Level 3 (TL-3):
MASH Test 3-21: A 12270P vehicle weighing 5000 LBS impacting the longitudinal barrier transiton at 25° while travelling at 62 mi/h.
This report provides details on the Shortened Transition, the crash tests and results, and the performance assessment of the Shortened Transiton for MASH TL-3 Longitudinal Barrier evaluation criteria.
The Shortened Transition met the performance criteria for MASH TL-3 Longitudinal Barrier.
