The Frangible Safety Post is constructed from the latest reinforced composite materials that matches the strength of steel posts. Due to their unique fibre construction and lower shear strength, the FSP Post is designed to collapse in a safe and controlled manner. In a collision, this significantly reduces the forces exerted on the vehicle and its occupants, thereby reducing the risk of fatality and the severity of injuries.
Signposts are an essential part of the road network providing directions and warning of hazards but they also pose a significant danger to motorists. According to statistics from the LAM Motoring Trust, vehicle collisions with rigid roadside features such as signposts are responsible for more than 15% of all road fatalities in the UK.
Frangible Safety Posts offer a passively safe alternative. These highly advanced safety posts are helping to save lives and reduce serious injury because they are specifically designed to collapse on impact, protecting the driver and passengers and reducing damage to the vehicle.
Through a patented combination of materials and geometries, Frangible Safety Posts balance bending moment, stiffness and shear capacity to optimise performance.
Fibres are pulled from a series of creels and pass through a bath where they are impregnated with polymer. While the fibres provide strength, the polymer bonds the materials into a matrix. The materials then pass through a heated steel die which cures the resin matrix. The profile cools as it emerges from the puller mechanism and is then cut to length.
The posts are created using a well established continuous manufacturing process, with proven reliability and producing a light weight, constant diameter profile.
Frangible Safety Posts are independently tested to BS EN 12767. The 140mm Frangible Safety Post has achieved the highest safety rating (NE:3) in 100kph crash tests and has a rating of NE:2 in 70kph tests. Unlike other passive safety posts the 140mm Frangible Safety Posts can be installed as close as 750mm apart and still maintain a NE:2 rating in at 100kph crash test.
Frangible Safety Posts have been independently tested and verified to meet the sign and wind load carrying requirements of BS EN 12899-1 or BS EN 1991-1-4.
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