prEN 1317-5

Road restraint systems - Part 5: Product requirements, test and assessment methods and acceptance criteria prEN 1317-5

Scope

This European Standard specifies requirements, test/assessment methods, acceptance criteria and
methods for verification of constancy of performance of the following vehicle restraint systems to be used
as temporary or permanent on the roads and in vehicle circulation areas:
a) safety barriers (including vehicle parapets)
b) crash cushions
c) terminals
d) transitions (including Removable Barrier Sections)
e) vehicle parapets combined with pedestrian parapets (only for the vehicle
restraint function)
f) safety barriers (including vehicle parapets) with motorcyclists protection
Vehicle restraint systems are kits usually composed by a fixed number of components (e.g. safety barriers
composed by rails, posts, spacers, bolts and nuts, etc.) working together as a set.
The essential characteristics described in the standard will concern the kits, i.e. the set of elements as a
whole.

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