Standard crash tests

Tests according to standardized impact tests

As an accredited test laboratory we carry out crash tests in accordance with standards. These include:

  • Testing of road restraint systems

DIN EN 1317-1 (2011-01) - Road restraint systems – Part 1: Terminology and general criteria for test methods

DIN EN 1317-2 (2011-01) - Road restraint systems – Part 2: Performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods for safety barriers including vehicle parapets

DIN EN 1317-3 (2011-01) - Road restraint systems – Part 3: Performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods for crash cushions

DIN CEN/TS 1317-7 (2024-04) - Road restraint systems - Part 7: Performance characterisation and test methods for terminals of safety barriers

DIN CEN/TS 1317-9 (2024-04) - Road restraint systems - Part 9: Impact tests and test methods for removable barrier sections

DIN CEN/TS 1317-10:2023 - Road restraint systems - Part 10: Assessment methods and design guidelines for transitions, terminal and crasg cushion connections - transitions

DIN CEN/TS 16786 (2018-06) - Restraint systems on roads - Transport vehicle-supported mobile impact retarders (TMA) - Performance classes, acceptance criteria for impact tests and test performance

MASH (2016) - Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware Second Edition only: Longitudinal Barriers, Terminals and Crash Cushions, Truck- and Trailer-Mounted Attenuators and Variable Message Sign and Arrow Board Trailers

  • Testing of support structures for road equipment

DIN EN 12767 (2019-10) - Passive safety of support structures for road equipment – Requirements, classification and test methods

MASH (2016) - Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware Second Editiononly: Support Structures, Work-Zone Traffic Control Devices, Breakaway Utility Poles, and Longitudinal Channelizers

  • Testing of vehicle security barrier systems

ASTM F2656/F2656M - 23 (2023) - Standard Test Method for Crash Testing of Vehicle Security Barriers

DIN SPEC 91414-1 (2021-04) - Mobile Fahrzeugsicherheitsbarrieren für Sicherheitsanforderungen - Teil 1: Anforderungen, Prüfmethoden und Leistungskriterien

ISO 22343-1 “Security and resilience - Vehicle security barriers - Part 1: Performance requirement, vehicle impact test method and performance rating”

Technical Guideline (TR) (2019-06) – Mobile Vehicle Security Barriers (version 0.8)

Note: ISO 22343-1 has replaced IWA 14-1 since 2023 and PAS 68 was also withdrawn in 2023.

  • Testing of safety equipment for construction sites

Technische Lieferbedingungen für Leit- und Warnbaken (1997) - Kapitel 4.1 Prüfung der Folien ausgeschlossen

The requirements of a test laboratory correspond in accordance with Article 43 of the Construction Products Regulation for the EN 1317 test methods. In addition, our accreditation by the DAkkS is internationally valid, since the German accreditation body is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Flexible accreditation

Due to the flexible category III accreditation, we can use the free choice of standardized test methods or those that are equivalent to them within the test areas specified above and without requiring prior information and approval from the DAkkS (except EN 1317).

Possible test procedures:

CEN/TS 17342:2019 Road restraint systems - Motorcycle road restraint systems which reduce the impact severity of motorcyclist collisions with safety barriers

ASTM F 3016/F 3016M:2019 - Standard Test Method for Surrogate Testing of Vehicle Impact Protective Devices at Low Speeds

BASt - Sonderlösungen von Schutzeinrichtungen in Einmündungsbereichen (Version 03 vom 23.07.2021)

AS/NZS 3845.2:2017 - Road safety barrier systems and devices Part 2: Road safety devices

BSI PAS 170-1 - Impact testing for vehicle safety barriers - Low speed impact testing Part 1: Test method for bollards using ramming trucks

Withdrawn test procedures:

NCHRP Report 350 - National Cooperative Highway Research Program

MASH 2009 - Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware

Manual for the evaluation of safety devices

ASTM F 2656-07 – Test Methods for Impact Testing of Vehicle Safety Barriers (Formerly P1, P2, P3, P4 Rating)

ASTM F2556/F2656M – 15 - Test Methods for Impact Testing of vehicle safety barriers (formerly P1, P2, P3 rating)

ASTM F2656/F2656M – 18 - Test Methods for Impact Testing of Vehicle Safety Barriers (Formerly P1, P2, P3 Rating)

ASTM F2656/F2656M – 18a - Test Methods for Impact Testing of Vehicle Safety Barriers (Formerly P1, P2, P3 Rating)

ASTM F2656/F2656M – 20 - Test Methods for Impact Testing of Vehicle Safety Barriers (Formerly P1, P2, P3 Rating)

CEN CWA 16221:2010 – Vehicle security barriers. Performance requirements, test methods and guidance on application

DoS SD-STD-02.01 – … (Formerly K4, K8, K12 Rating)

IWA 14-1:2013 – Vehicle security barriers - Part 1: Performance requirement, vehicle impact test method and performance rating

PAS 68:2013 – Impact test specifications for vehicle security barrier systems

DIN V ENV 1317-4 (2002-04) - Road restraint systems –Part 4: Performance classes, impact test acceptance criteria and test methods for terminals and transitions of safety barriers

Fast and flexible

Our large, easily accessible crash test facility, which can be converted in a very short time, offers the highest spatial and technical flexibility. On the new asphalt surface, construction lengths of up to 170 m are now possible, both for transportable systems and for systems attached to asphalt or concrete foundations.

Clear processing of audit reports

  • Extensive written and digital documentation of the results
  • Multimedia presentation comprehensible for all target groups
  • Direct further use for the corresponding certification and approval processes

Compliance statement and rule of decision

With regard to compliance statements in test reports, the following decision rules have been defined:

As a rule, a low confidence level (A) is assumed, which increases the acceptance range, so that measurement results with a confidence level of at least 50% are also accepted.

After prior agreement, the customer can also specify a medium confidence level (B), which reduces the acceptance range so that measurement results with a confidence level of at least 95% are also accepted with a maximum residual risk of 5%.

A high confidence level (C), which corresponds to a confidence level of at least 99.9%, is not acceptable at the CTS test laboratory and is therefore not applicable.

The confidence level you set (A or B) will be communicated to you via the offer and the test report.

Customized constructive special solutions

  • Push-pull tests
  • Exchangeable bottoms
  • Slopes
  • Strip foundations

For your project

We are well equipped for your project

Construction machinery:

  • Forklift
  • Excavator
  • cherry picker
  • Vibratory feeder

Equipment / Service:

  • Livestreams directly from the crash test facility
  • Office container as workplace directly on the crash site
  • State-of-the-art meeting rooms
  • Catering for you and your customers 
  • Area-wide W-Lan on the crash test site
  • Advertising video production by external film team (http://www.luum.ms)

News

2023-11-02

MASH 2016

For several years now, CTS has been offering MASH 2016 tests from the small Small Car (1100C) and Pickup Truck (2270P), as well as a Single-Unit Van Truck (10000S) to the large Tractor/Van Trailer (36000V).

You can find our successfully tested vehicle restraint systems under the following link on the FHWA homepage:

FHWA

Do you also have vehicle restraint systems that you would like to market internationally? Please feel free to contact us:

Homepage

2023-10-18

Criteria for the assessment of the hazard potential to motorcyclists from sharp-edged components of road restraint systems
BASt report V374 for the FE project 03.0514

This study examines vehicle restraint systems and their components in detail with regard to their potential hazard to MTWV riders. The focus is particularly on sharp-edged construction parts that can reach MTWV riders during an accident whether the rider is still sitting on the MTWV, is sliding on the ground or is airborne.

 

To the report

https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2813

To the documentation

https://www.bast.de/DE/Verkehrstechnik/Qualitaetsbewertung/Qualitaetsbewertung_node.html

To the videos

https://www.youtube.com/@BASt-Videos

2023-09-28

ISO 22343-1 standard replaces IWA14-1 and IWA14-2

CTS now offers the following new test procedure:

ISO 22343-1 “Security and resilience - Vehicle security barriers - Part 1: Performance requirement, vehicle impact test method and performance rating”

IWA 14-1:2013 will be replaced by ISO 22343-1:2023 and PAS 68:2013 will only be offered upon explicit customer request.

CTS was involved in the development of the new standard and will be offering tests according to the new international standard from October 2023.

Please feel free to contact us to have your products tested this year so that you can use your product, for example. at Intersec on the 16th.-18th. January 2024 in Dubai.

At the same time, ISO 22343-2 “Security and resilience - Vehicle security barriers – Part 2: Application” was published and replaces IWA 14-2:2013.

Your contact persons

B. Eng. Michel Osterkemper

Head of Technical Department / QMR

+49 (0)2506 / 70 990 83

Kai Schulte

Technical sales

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