PD 6634-3:1999

This standard PD 6634-3:1999 Vehicle restraint systems is classified in these ICS categories:

• 93.080.30 Road equipment and installations

This part of PD 6634 describes the development of vehicle highway safety barriers in the United Kingdom. The term “safety barrier” includes those barriers installed on highways using discrete post footings (post and rail types) as well as those on continuous ground footings (concrete or soil). Barrier designs are described for the containment of vehicles ranging in mass from about 825 kg to 38 000 kg. Controlled tests are described for private car impacts at speeds up to 110 km/h (70 mile/h) and commercial vehicle impacts at speeds up to 80 km/h (50 mile/h).