Evaluation of Lower and Upper Rail Elements with Midwest Guardrail System to Address Motorcycle Safety

Abstract

The purpose of the tests reported herein was to assess the performance of the Enhanced Motorcycle MGS according to the safety-performance evaluation guidelines included in the second edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). The crash tests were performed in accordance with MASH Test Level 3 (TL-3):

1. MASH Test 3-10: An 1100C vehicle weighing 2420 lb impacting the longitudinal barriers at 25 degrees while traveling at 62 mi/h.
2. MASH Test 3-11: A 2270P vehicle weighing 5000 lb impacting the longitudinal barriers at 25 degrees while traveling at 62 mi/h.

This report provides details on the Enhanced Motorcycle MGS, the crash tests and results, and the performance assessment of the Enhanced Motorcycle MGS for MASH TL-3 longitudinal barriers evaluation criteria.

The Enhanced Motorcycle MGS met the performance criteria for MASH TL-3 longitudinal barriers.