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Passive Safety UK Guidelines
for
Specification and Use of
Passively Safe Street Furniture
on the UK Road Network
(Updated 24/01/2020)
Passive Safety UK Guidelines for
Specification and Use of
Passively Safe Street Furniture
on the UK Road Network
(Last updated 24/01/2020)
UK Roads continues to be committed to promote safer roadsides.
Passive safety can greatly reduce the road toll on non-trunk roads
where most of our road casualties now occur.
These updated guidelines are to assist Highway Authorities in
employing passive safety to help make their roads safer. They
continue to target local authority roads where most ‘Killed and
Serious Injured’ accidents occur and should be read in conjunction
with the UK National Annex contained in EN12767:2019.
With any new development there will be concerns about risk. With
passive safety this has centred on the possibility of frangible posts
hitting pedestrians or causing other secondary accidents. Whilst this
aspect is explored in these guidelines, the real risk is from impacts
with conventional street furniture and above all trees, as is so clearly
demonstrated in the relevant road casualty statistics.
Andrew Pledge
UK Roads Ltd
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Prioritising roads for passive safety.
Chapter 3. General guidance on passive safety clear zones.
Chapter 4. BS EN12767:2019 ‘Passive safety of support structures for road
equipment. Requirements, classification and test methods’
Chapter 5. Performance class recommendations for passively safe products
Chapter 6. Specifying passively safe signposts to BS EN 12899
Chapter 7. Specifying passively safe lighting columns to BS EN 40
Chapter 8. Specifying passively safe signal poles
Chapter 9. Specifying power supplies and electrical safety for passively safe
street furniture.
APPENDIX A. Provisional Classification List of Available Products
APPENDIX B. Company Directory
APPENDIX C. Amendment Record
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 These guidelines provide advice for the adoption and
selection of the appropriate type of passively safe sign-
posts, lighting columns, traffic signal poles, bollards and
other passively safe street furniture for all rural and
urban roads. The guidelines are advisory and we advise
highway authorities to consider fully whether to adopt
them in full or in part. UK Roads Ltd continues to believe
that there are no safety risks but only safety benefits if
they are adopted. Advice is given on prioritising passive
safety to those roads where it is likely to offer the
greatest benefit.
1.2 Passively safe signposts and lighting columns are
now widely used on the Trunk Road Network where the
speed limit is 50 mph or over. The DMRB legitimised
passively safe signposts and lighting columns many years
ago and as a result these are the preferred alternatives
to conventional posts and columns safeguarded by
safety fences on the Trunk Road Network. Conventional
signposts, lighting columns and utility poles were
together responsible for many deaths and serious
injuries in recent years. There will have been further
deaths and serious injuries from hitting these items in
multiple vehicle collisions which are not included in the
single vehicle collision statistics. It is very clear that using
passively safe signposts and lighting columns saves lives
on Trunk Roads and this benefit continues to be
transferable to their broader use on local roads.
Passively safe street furniture can significantly reduce
deaths and serious injuries on these roads. It should be
noted that while speed affects the severity of collisions
the statistics demonstrate serious injury casualties and
deaths with street furniture frequently occur in both
urban areas and on rural roads.
1.3 Driver error or behaviour is often a prime cause in
street furniture impacts. Use of passively safe street
furniture almost eliminates the chance of serious injury
or death in these impacts regardless of the cause of the
collision.
1.4 Although passively safe street furniture is often
more expensive than its traditional counterpart,
measures such as clearing the area next to the
carriageway and reducing unnecessary signs and
roadside clutter can cost little or even save money. The
wide range of passively safe signposts and lighting
columns using aluminium or composites also offer a long
and maintenance free life. Several electrical suppliers
offer electrical isolation systems for the passively safe
lighting column and traffic signal market. As a result
designs involving roadside passive safety continues to be
increasingly affordable.
1.5 Chapter 9 discusses electrical safety for passively
safe items with a power supply. This is relevant to
illuminated signs, lighting columns and traffic lights.
1.6 The difficult area of trees and roadside safety is
explored. Balancing environmental interests, people’s
love of trees and roadside safety is emotive and difficult
to reconcile. Deaths and serious injuries from impacts
with trees remain frequent but the toll can be reduced if
suitable measures are taken.
1.7 Using passively safe signposts and lighting columns
saves lives. The main barriers to their widespread use
remains initial cost, some continued resistance to
change and a lack of appreciation by highway authorities
of the safety benefits they can certainly deliver.
CHAPTER 2: PRIORITISING ROADS
FOR PASSIVE SAFETY
2.1 UK Roads Ltd advises that non trunk A and B roads
should be prioritised for the use of passively safe street
furniture as follows:
Priority All Rural A-Roads
Priority 2 40mph Urban A-roads
Priority 3 All Rural B-roads
Priority 4 40 mph Urban B-roads
Priority 5 30 mph Urban A-roads
Priority 6 30 mph Urban B-roads
2.2 The following roads are lower risk and are unlikely to
need passively safe street furniture (unless collision
history or other risk factors indicate otherwise).
a) Roads with 20mph speed limits
b) Roads usually lined with parked cars
c) residential and factory estate roads and roads where traffic speeds are unlikely to exceed 25 mph d) Country lanes and roads with low traffic volumes (unless there is a pertinent collision history or an obvious high risk feature such as a heavy concrete lighting column on the outside of a sharp bend).
CHAPTER 3: GENERAL GUIDANCE
ON PASSIVE SAFETY
PROVISION OF CLEAR ZONES
3.1 A clear zone next to the carriageway will make a
large contribution to roadside safety. Historically the
DMRB advised a clear zone of 4.5metres for trunk roads
where speed limits were 50 mph or over. Current advice
for trunk roads in the DMRB dictates that barrier
provision/clear zone width is subject to a risk
assessment approach.
3.2 For non-trunk A or B roads a 4.5m clear zone is
recommended free of hazardous obstructions where
verge space is available but all efforts to provide as
much of a 4.5m clear zone width as is reasonably
possible are likely to improve safety. Signposts and
lighting columns within 4.5m of the edge of the
carriageway should be passively safe unless behind a
safety fence.
3.3 There are locations where a 4.5m clear zone may be
considered insufficient. Examples are:
a) where vehicles have, in the past, left the road at
speed at bends ending up a long way from the
carriageway
b) where the ground falls away from the road, in
these cases a wider clear zone or safety fence may
be needed. In built up areas it may often be
impossible to provide a clear zone as the footway
is often next to the road and there are often
buildings or boundary walls at the back of the
footway. However, the use of passively safe street
furniture next to the road will still be
advantageous in these situations.
3.4 Where above ground utilities are located these
should be sited where possible 4.5m or more away from
the carriageway on A and B roads. Utility poles, in
particular, pose a significant risk to vehicle occupants.
3.5 Keeping non-passively safe street furniture and all
heavy roadside obstructions and potential hazards
outside of the clear zone for A and B roads may often
involve only careful planning and should be considered
as a goal for all road schemes.
DESIREABILITY OF ENERGY ABSORPTION
IN PASSIVELY SAFE PRODUCTS
3.6 Many but not all passively safe signposts and lighting
columns yield and crush at the point of impact and
absorb energy in the process. If an energy absorbing
post or column is of a break away type (SE – Separating)
it will not gain significant kinetic energy in an impact and
will fall to the ground fairly close to the foundation. It
will also safely yield if one should hit another vehicle in
the unlikely event of a secondary event. Chapter 4
discusses EN 12767 classifications in more detail.
SLIP BASED POSTS
3.7 Slip based signposts and lighting columns have been
rarely used in the UK. They traditionally have a slotted
base plate which allows the post to slip and break away
on impact. As a result they are classified as single
directional (SD) within the standard. They are certainly
much safer than traditional non-passively safe signposts
and lighting columns but suffer from the following
problems:
a) Corrosion can cause lock-up in the slip release
mechanism.
b) Torque bolts need to be checked at regular
intervals
c) The impact has to come from the right direction
for slip and break away to satisfactorily occur.
d) The steel posts used with slip bases are not
yielding, can be relatively heavy and may bounce
elastically away from the car in an impact raising
the risk of a secondary event.
e) if used on embankments the vehicle may hit the
post at height. Slip bases may lock up in these
situations. Slip based posts have been associated
with serious and fatal collisions in Scandinavia
and Iceland and are not recommended by Passive
Safety UK.
‘DEEMED TO COMPLY’ SIGNPOSTS
3.8 Rules for ‘deemed to comply’ signposts (as identified
in the standard) are given in Annex K of EN 12767 and
are summarised as follows:
a) For two or more supports, the clear opening between the supports must be equal to or bigger than 1500 mm measured at an impact angle of 20°. b) Where post centres are less than 1500 mm, post dimensions shall not exceed 76
mm diameter and 3.2 mm wall thickness. c) In such a case with only two posts, the post centres should not be less than 750 mm. d) No bracing should be used between the posts, which should only be connected by the sign.
3.9 In crash tests these smaller posts flatten under the
vehicle and are very unlikely to break away. For smaller
signs these posts provide an economical passively safe
solution for all locations.
TREES
3.10 Trees on UK roads are statistically equal, if not
more of a danger, than man-made roadside
infrastructure. The challenge for designers is to reconcile
these road safety issues with landscaping and
streetscape considerations, within the current
environmental legislation. Trees are exceptionally
dangerous to strike as a result of their weight, strength
and rigidity. On motorways the risk of a fatality involving
a vehicle striking a tree is higher than if it hits a road
sign.
3.11 The DMRB advises that a tree or trees having, or
expected to have, trunk girths of 250mm or more
(measured at a height of 0.3m above ground level, at
maturity) are a risk. Many non-trunk rural roads will
have numerous trees exceeding this limit close to the
carriageway.
3.12 UK Roads Ltd proposes that where such trees exist,
consideration be given to lowering the speed limit,
carrying out preventative coppicing (where trees are
suitable), removing trees where possible and creating
policies that encourage only shrubs being planted near
the road and for larger trees to be sited a safe distance
from the carriageway on A and B roads.
FOUNDATIONS
3.13 Some passively safe signposts, lighting columns and
signal poles are designed to be readily replaced after an
impact by employing the use of socketed foundations,
anchored cradles, buried precast foundation units and
driven or screwed steel foundations.
It is important that any foundation does not significantly
protrude above the ground to avoid catching the vehicle
in an impact.
The importance of the foundations should be
considered. The foundation is part of the passive safe
solution and you should always ask for the installation
instructions from the manufacturers so that the product
is installed in the right way to achieve the right outcome
in a collision.
CHAPTER 4: BS EN 12767:2019
“PASSIVE SAFETY OF SUPPORT
STRUCTURES FOR ROAD
EQUIPMENT – REQUIREMENTS
AND TEST METHODS”
4.1 The main changes from the existing document
published in 2007 are that rather than just three
required parts to the classification, (Speed, energy
absorption and occupant safety) there will now be a
further four additional classes. (Backfill type, collapse
mode, direction of impact and risk of roof indentation).
These additions may also affect where and when some
existing products should be used.
4.2 In more detail, the new standard changes the way in
which existing and new passive products are
classified, affecting how they need to be specified. Whilst
the energy absorption classes for existing products
remain unchanged (HE, LE or NE) the speed class and
Occupant safety level class change.
4.3 With regard to the speed class, depending on the
observed collapse mode, the new standard now allows
products to be declared in more than one speed class,
without being tested at other speeds. Whilst the speed
classes for existing products remain unchanged, it may be
that additional classes can be declared for them,
dependant on the observed collapse mode when they
were originally tested.
4.4 Changes to the classification of occupancy safety
level are that HE or LE 1, 2 or 3 become HE or LE E, D or
C and NE 1, 2, 3 or 4 become NE D, C, B or A. However, it
is now also possible for there to be a specification of HE
B, LE B, or NE B and an NE E.
4.5 There are also additional classes defined in the new
standard. These are: Backfill Type, Collapse Mode,
Direction of Impact and Risk of Roof Indentation.
4.6 There are now three types of Backfill class identified:
S (Standard aggregates), X (Special Foundation) and R
(Rigid Foundation).
4.7 There are two types of collapse modes identified, SE
(Separation) and NS (Non- separation). These relate to
how the product behaves upon impact.
4.8 There are three direction classes identified, MD
(Multi-directional), BD (Bi-directional) and SD (Single
directional). These relate to whether the product
performs in the same way when struck from different
approach angles.
4.9 There are two classes of roof indentation now
identified, 0 (Vehicle Roof deformation less than
102mm) and 1 (Vehicle Roof deformation equal to or
greater than 102mm).
CHAPTER 5: PERFORMANCE CLASS
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
PASSIVELY SAFE PRODUCTS
5.1 Advice is given in Table NA.1 of the National Annex
to BS EN 12767:2019 on the appropriate class of
passively safe products for lighting columns, signposts
and non harmful support structures. A table giving the
recommendations is included. When selecting products
from the table the following points are relevant:
a) Not all product classifications are available. A
continually updated list of available passively safe
products and their classifications is available at:
http://www.passivesafetyuk.com
b) All passively safe products tested to EN 12767 will be
much safer in any impact at any speed than traditional
steel or concrete posts. The decision to use an EN 12767
tested product is far more important than the class
selected to EN 12767
c) HE products are preferred in urban situations because
they offer a measure of increased safety for pedestrians.
Typically lighting columns can be HE but HE signposts
and signal posts are now available. Because HE products
significantly retard or stop a light vehicle in an impact
and the posts do not break away they marginally
increase safety for pedestrians and other NMU’s (non-
motorised users) in any secondary accident after the
initial collision. Vehicle occupants are also safeguarded
from the vehicle carrying on at speed into such a
secondary impact. HE lighting columns however will
make a very uncertain safety fence for increasing
pedestrian safety and they will not significantly slow a
large commercial vehicle. In practice there are few if any
reported secondary accidents after a primary collision
with a passively safe item of street furniture and NE
signposts have been widely used across Norway in urban
situations for more than twenty years without many
reported injuries in primary or secondary accidents. As
a result the use of NE products in urban situations is also
considered to be beneficial, when compared with
traditional street furniture.
d) Traditional slip based products are not recommended
as they have some history of the breakaway connection
locking up and failing to release in use
e) NE A ‘non harmful support structures’ are
exceptionally safe in any impact.
f) The National Annex prefers products tested at 50kph
or 70 kph (and the compulsory 35 kph test) for use
where speed limits are 40 mph speed limits or less. In
practice many of the products on the market have been
only been tested at the highest speed 100 kph (and the
compulsory 35 kph test) and there is no evidence that
these products perform unsatisfactorily in intermediate
speed impacts.
g) All occupant safety levels (levels A to E) in BS EN
12767 are acceptable.
h) Roof deformation is measured in BS EN 12767 testing.
Products with a test roof deformation in testing
exceeding 102 mm are not recommended in the UK.
CHAPTER 6: SPECIFYING PASSIVELY
SAFE SIGNPOSTS TO BS EN 12899
6.1 Highway signposts need to meet the requirements
of: BS EN 12899-1 Fixed, vertical road traffic signs. Fixed
signs. This document also introduces CE marking for
signposts to demonstrate compliance with EN12899 and
where passive safety is required with EN 12767. CE
marking of highway signposts has become a UK
requirement. A list of available passively safe signposts
and their classifications can be found at:
http://www.passivesafetyuk.com It is important to
choose the right product type for differing
circumstances. In cases such as embankments and
cuttings it will be necessary for the right product to be
chosen and installed so that it will perform even where
the ground is not level. E.g. If used on embankments the
vehicle may hit the post at height and it may therefore
not perform as tested.
The National Annex to EN 12899 advises on designing
for UK wind loads. More comprehensive advice on
designing signs and foundations for wind loading is given
in the Sign Structures Guide published on the web by
the Institute of Highway Engineers. Advice on
foundation design for signposts can also be found in the
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Document BD94
Design of Minor Structures. Passively safe signposts
tested to EN 12767 are available in steel, fibre glass
composite, carbon fibre composite, and aluminium.
Passively safe signposts can have moments of resistance
of up to 150 KN m and can carry all but the very largest
motorway signs.
SITING PASSIVELY SAFE SIGNPOSTS
6.2 Passively NE safe signposts will be considerably safer
than non-passively safe signposts for all locations but
because most types of passively safe signposts break
away on impact care should be taken at locations where
such posts could be displaced into a different or
oncoming carriageway. These sensitive locations
include: • central reserves, • nosings • central islands on
the main carriageway. For smaller signs steel posts of
less than 89 mm diameter and 3.2 mm wall thickness
are passively safe and do not break away but flatten
under the vehicle and are recommended for these
locations. Again some composite signposts do not
breakaway because the longitudinal fibre reinforcement
remains intact and these posts are again suitable for
these locations. Where breakaway signposts are needed
they should be carefully sited to reduce the chance of
carrying into an oncoming carriageway in an impact.
Where breakaway passively safe signposts are used they
should deform or degrade at point of impact and not
bounce off the vehicle as demonstrated by very limited
carry in the high speed EN12767 crash test.
6.3 Signposts sited in the working width behind any
restraint system/crash barrier should be passively safe
rather than traditional. However, we have no evidence
to suggest that passive products will perform as tested
in these situations and each product may perform
differently. It is therefore important to choose and
install the product you consider will perform to give the
least likelihood of injury to vehicle occupants.
6.4 Where possible signs should preferably have a
minimum clearance to the edge of the hard carriageway
of 1.2 metres to reduce the chance of a sign impact and
subsequent replacement costs. Signs should never be
closer to the carriageway than the limits given in the
Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 1
6.5 See para 3.8 for rules on steel posts deemed to
comply with EN 12767
CHAPTER 7: SPECIFYING PASSIVELY
SAFE LIGHT COLUMNS TO BS EN 40
7.1 All lighting columns need to meet the requirements
of BS EN 40. BS EN 40 has 7 parts and covers the
requirements for lighting columns in steel, aluminium,
polymer composites and concrete and also covers load
testing and strength from calculation, dimensions and
most importantly the requirements for CE marking.
7.2 Lighting columns must now be CE marked to EN 40
and the CE marking or documentation should identify
the passive safety class to EN 12767 where passive
safety is required.
7.3 Passively safe lighting columns are now all CE
approved to EN40. A list of current passively safe
lighting columns is given at:
http://www.passivesafetyuk.com
7.4 There are passively safe lighting columns available in
steel, aluminium and fibre reinforced composite
construction.
7.5 Any lighting column located in the working width of
a restraint system should be passively safe rather than
traditional. However, we have no evidence to suggest
that passive products will perform as tested in these
situations and each product may perform differently. It
is therefore important to choose and install the product
you consider will perform to give the least likelihood of
injury to vehicle occupants. Lighting columns can be of
NE, LE and HE types and have typically been tested at
100 kph (and the mandatory 35 kph) but one
manufacturer’s range has been tested at both 100 kph
and 70 kph with a NE rating at 100 kph and an LE rating
at 70 kph. A column tested at 70 kph and not at 100 kph
should be restricted to speed limits of 40 mph or lower.
7.6 To aid specification of lighting columns to EN 40 and
avoid the need to carry out the wind loading and design
strength calculations for every specific location BSI
committee have published guidance on this.
CHAPTER 8: SPECIFYING PASSIVELY
SAFE SIGNAL POLES
8.1 Most traffic signals are mounted on mild steel poles
of 114 mm diameter and up to 4.0 mm wall thickness.
These posts are frequently hit by vehicles and anecdotal
evidence suggests few if any people are seriously injured
or killed in these collisions. However it is unlikely that
these poles would achieve an EN 12767 crash testing
classification if tested.
8.2 It is very advantageous for traffic light poles to be
easily replaced as they are regularly hit by vehicles.
Specialist foundation socket arrangements are
advantageous in this respect and provide for the
necessary power supplies.
8.3 Suitable passively safe traffic light poles meeting EN
12767 requirements are listed at:
http://www.passivesafetyuk.com
CHAPTER 9: SPECIFYING POWER
SUPPLIES AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY
FOR PASSIVELY SAFE STREET
FURNITURE
9.1 Electrical safety requirements are a specialist area
and only general advice on electrical isolation and the
systems available is included here.
9.2 Lighting columns, traffic lights, illuminated signs and
VMS signs all need power supplies. These power
supplies are usually the mains voltage of 240 volts.
Because passively safe products typically yield or shear
in an impact there will always be concern that
apparatus, posts or cables become live after an impact
and put the public or emergency services at risk
following an impact.
9.3 Cabling systems must not interfere with the passive
safety failure mode in an impact. Heavy armoured
cables must not tether or interfere with the clean break
away of a signpost or lighting column. Pull out plugs are
often provided to prevent tethering and to provide
electrical isolation in an impact where posts shear in an
impact.
9.4 Some manufacturers provide isolation plug/socket
connections for posts which electrically isolate when a
post shears relative to its base plate on impact.
9.5 To provide electrical isolation in an impact special
electrical solutions have evolved. These include
electrical tilt switches, impact sensors and residual current devices. They typically isolate the supply away
from the post or lighting column. Suppliers can be found
on the current list of available passive safety products
at: http://www.passivesafetyuk.com
9.6 Where LED traffic lights and LED illuminated signs
operate at ELV (extra low voltage) of 50 volts or below it
is questionable whether electrical isolation devices are
required although such devices can be used to isolate
individual signals for maintenance. There still may be a
small residual risk of a spark setting fire to an impacted
vehicle with a damaged tank or fuel line. Cables may still
need to pull away in any impact to prevent tethering.
Provisional List of Available Products - Expected Classifications to EN 12767:2019 (Alphabetical) - Subject to Re-Certification by Notified Bodies
Passive Safety Classes by product (in accordance with EN 12767:2019) Speed Energy Occ Safety Backfill type Collapse Direction Roof Indentation
(Superseded Classes in Grey)
Product Type Manufacturer Distributor Item 100, 70, 50 HE, LE, NE A, B, C, D, E S, X, R SE, NS SD, BD, MD 0 , 1
Aluminium Lighting Company (ALC)
Sign Post Nedal ALC 3.1m 50, 70 NE B S SE MD 0
70 NE 3
Sign Post Nedal ALC 5.3m 50, 70 NE C S SE MD 0
70 NE 2
Sign Post Nedal ALC 5.4m 100 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Lighting Nedal ALC 8m - 12.4m 100 LE D S SE BD 0
Column 100 LE 2
Lighting Nedal ALC 10m 100 LE C S SE BD 0
Column 100 LE 3
Lighting Nedal ALC 2m - 10m 100 NE D S SE MD 1
Column 100 NE 1
Lighting Nedal ALC 2m - 9m 50, 70, 100 NE C R SE MD 0
Column (up to 18.1m on fixed flange plate 50, 70, 100 NE C R SE MD 0
with break bolts) 100 NE 2
Lighting Nedal ALC 2m - 15m 50, 70, 100 NE B X SE MD 0
Column 100 NE 2
Lighting Nedal ALC 2m - 12.4m 100 NE C S SE MD 0
Column 100 NE 2
Lighting Nedal ALC 2m - 5.4m 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
Column 100 NE 3
Deemed to Comply
Steel Post Various Various 60.3mm x 3.6mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 60.3mm x 4.5mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 76.1mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 76.1mm x 3.6mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 76.1mm x 4.5mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 88.9mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S355J2H) 100 NE 2
Steel Post Various Various 88.9mm x 4.0mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade S275) 100 NE 2
Aluminium Post Various Various 50mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade 6063 T6) 100 NE 2
Aluminium Post Various Various 60mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade 6063 T6) 100 NE 2
Provisional List of Available Products - Expected Classifications to EN 12767:2019 (Alphabetical) - Subject to Re-Certification by Notified Bodies
Passive Safety Classes by product (in accordance with EN 12767:2019) Speed Energy Occ Safety Backfill type Collapse Direction Roof Indentation
(Superseded Classes in Grey)
Product Type Manufacturer Distributor Item 100, 70, 50 HE, LE, NE A, B, C, D, E S, X, R SE, NS SD, BD, MD 0 , 1
Deemed to Comply (Cont).
Aluminium Post Various Various 76mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade 6063 T6) 100 NE 2
Aluminium Post Various Various 89mm x 3.2mm 50, 70, 100 NE C S NS MD 0
(Grade 6063 T6) 100 NE 2
Provisional List of Available Products - Expected Classifications to EN 12767:2019 (Alphabetical) - Subject to Re-Certification by Notified Bodies
Passive Safety Classes by product (in accordance with EN 12767:2019) Speed Energy Occ Safety Backfill type Collapse Direction Roof Indentation
(Superseded Classes in Grey)
Product Type Manufacturer Distributor Item 100, 70, 50 HE, LE, NE A, B, C, D, E S, X, R SE, NS SD, BD, MD 0 , 1
Fabrikat
Lighting Column Europoles Fabrikat 12m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
(Fibre Composite) 100 LE 3
Lighting Column ?? Fabrikat 2m - 10m 50, 70, 100 NE B S NS SD* ?
(Steel Slip Base) 100 NE 3
Lighting Column ?? Fabrikat ?? 50,70,100 HE C
(Steel) 100 HE 3
Frangible Safety Posts
Sign Post FSP FSP 140mm dia 50? 70?100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Sign Post FSP FSP 140mm dia 50? 70 NE C S SE MD 0
70 NE 2
Sign Post FSP FSP 168mm dia 50? 70? 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post FSP FSP 219mm dia 50? 70? 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Henry Williams (England) Boyd Stewart (Scotland) Lampost Construction Components (Ireland)
Sign/Signal Post Safety Product Henry Williams/Lampost/Boyd ZIPpole up to 12m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
(ZIPpole) Base/top width 231mm - 85mm 100 NE 2
Lighting Safety Product Henry Williams/Lampost/Boyd ZIPpole: 6m - 12m 50, 70, 100 HE C S NS MD 1
Column (ZIPpole) 100 HE 3
Lighting Safety Product Henry Williams/Lampost/Boyd ZIPpole3XL: 6m - 18m 50, 70, 100 HE E S NS MD 1
Column (ZIPpole3XL) 100 HE 1
Hydro Pole Products
Sign/Signal Post Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 2m - 6m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
IPL - Ireland / LED National (114mm / 120mm /145mm dia) 100 NE 2
Sign/Signal Post Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 7m - 10m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
IPL - Ireland / LED National (165mm dia) 100 NE 2
Sign/Signal Post Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 2m - 15m 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
IPL - Ireland / LED National (Max 250mm dia) 100 NE 3
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 2m - 8m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National 100 NE 2
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 2m - 10m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (165mm dia x 3.3mm) 100 NE 2
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 8m - 12m 50, 70, 100 NE D S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (Various dia & wall thickness) 100 NE 1
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 2m - 15m 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (250mm dia x4.0mm) 100 NE 3
Provisional List of Available Products - Expected Classifications to EN 12767:2019 (Alphabetical) - Subject to Re-Certification by Notified Bodies
Passive Safety Classes by product (in accordance with EN 12767:2019) Speed Energy Occ Safety Backfill type Collapse Direction Roof Indentation
(Superseded Classes in Grey)
Product Type Manufacturer Distributor Item 100, 70, 50 HE, LE, NE A, B, C, D, E S, X, R SE, NS SD, BD, MD 0 , 1
Hydro Pole Products (Cont).
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 8m - 12m 50, 70, 100 LE C S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (200mm x 3.3mm) 100 LE 3
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 18m 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (250mm dia x4.0mm) 100 NE 3
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 10m 50, 70, 100 LE D S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (226mm x 3.3mm) 100 LE 2
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 12m 50, 70, 100 LE E S SE MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (200mm x 4.0mm) 100 LE 1
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 15m 50, 70, 100 HE D S NS MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National 100 HE 2
Lighting Hydro Pole Products Hydro Pole Products 8m - 12m 50, 70, 100 HE C S NS MD 0
Column IPL - Ireland / LED National (200mm x 3.3mm with cable inside) 100 HE 3
Mallatite
Sign/Signal Post Jerol Mallatite 114mm dia 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign/Signal Post Jerol Mallatite 140mm dia 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign/Signal Post Jerol Mallatite 168mm dia 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign/Signal Post Jerol Mallatite 219mm dia 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post Jerol Mallatite 273mm dia 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Helix Sign Post Jerol Mallatite 140mm dia 50, 70, 100 HE D S SE MD 0
70 HE 2
Helix Sign Post Jerol Mallatite 168mm dia 50, 70, 100 HE E S SE MD 0
70 HE 1
Helix Sign Post Jerol Mallatite 219mm dia 50, 70, 100 HE E S SE MD 0
70 HE 1
Aluminium Contipole Mallatite 2 - 10m 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
Lighting Column 100 NE 2
Aluminium Contipole Mallatite 8 - 12m 50, 70, 100 LE D S SE MD 0
Lighting Column 100 LE 2
Aluminium Contipole Mallatite 8 - 12m 50, 70, 100 HE E S SE MD 0
Lighting Column 100 HE 1
Aluminium Contipole Mallatite 2 - 15m 50, 70, 100 HE C S SE MD 0
Lighting Column 100 HE 3
Steel Tecnopali Mallatite 8 - 12m 50, 70, 100 HE C S SE MD 0
Lighting Column (Latvia) 100 HE 3
Steel Tecnopali Mallatite 8 - 12m 50, 70, 100 HE D R SE MD 0
Lighting Column (Latvia) Bolted Down 100 HE 2
Provisional List of Available Products - Expected Classifications to EN 12767:2019 (Alphabetical) - Subject to Re-Certification by Notified Bodies
Passive Safety Classes by product (in accordance with EN 12767:2019) Speed Energy Occ Safety Backfill type Collapse Direction Roof Indentation
(Superseded Classes in Grey)
Product Type Manufacturer Distributor Item 100, 70, 50 HE, LE, NE A, B, C, D, E S, X, R SE, NS SD, BD, MD 0 , 1
SignPost Solutions
Lattix Lattix AS SignPost Solutions 4412 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE BD 0
100 NE 2
Lattix Lattix AS SignPost Solutions 4420 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Lattix Lattix AS SignPost Solutions 4425 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Lattix Lattix AS Lattix AS 4430 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Lattix Lattix AS SignPost Solutions 4438 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Optimast SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions 127 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Optimast SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions 168 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Optimast SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions 219 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Optimast SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions 244 50, 70, 100 NE B S SE MD 0
100 NE 3
Optimast SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions 400 50, 70, 100 NE C S SE BD 0
100 NE 2
Varley & Gulliver
Sign Post Varley & Gulliver Varley & Gulliver Hi Mast H500 100 70 50 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post Varley & Gulliver Varley & Gulliver Hi Mast H1000 100 70 50 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post Varley & Gulliver Varley & Gulliver Hi Mast H2000 100 70 50 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post Varley & Gulliver Varley & Gulliver Hi Mast H3000 100 70 50 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Sign Post Varley & Gulliver Varley & Gulliver Hi Mast H4000 100 70 50 NE C R SE MD 0
100 NE 2
Aluminium Lighting
Company
ALC has greatly increased its range of passive safety products. Please contact us to see what we offer. ALC sells lighting columns, traffic and signposts and structural supports with a well-earned reputation for Responsive customer service; Technical excellence; and Innovative products. Our products include our City Bracket, the outstanding Echalon Mk III Hinge, brackets and bespoke designs.
With in-house Technical and R&D departments, ALC understands your need for structural integrity and confidence. We work closely with our customers, distributors and supply chain, and continue to grow a strong international customer base with partners, Councils, wholesalers and contractors.
Croeserw Ind. Est. Eastern Avenue, Port Talbot, SA13 3PB
Tel: 01639 852 502 Mobile: 07801 896 677 Fax: 01639 852 263
http://www.aluminium-lighting.com
Buchanan Computing Buchanan Computing provide software and training relating to traffic signs, sign supports and passive safety. SignPlot and SignLoad follow the current versions of
EN 12899-1, EN 12767 and EN 1991-1-4 to design safer and cheaper structures by using the accurate wind loading at any point in the UK or Ireland to minimise postand foundation sizes.
227 Shepherds Bush Road, London, W6 7AS
Tel: +44(0)20 88463220
Website: www.BuchananComputing.co.uk
email: [email protected]
Frangible Safety Post (FSP)
Ltd
Buying Frangible Safety Posts (FSP) is an easy decision with three passively safe standard
diameters available: 219mm, 168mm and 140mm
They are easy to install - Standard foundation clips, fittings and techniques. No retraining
required. The range matches existing posts and foundations and can be cut on site with
standard tools. Considerably lighter than steel and aluminium making manual handling and
installation very easy.
They are easy to maintain - Our patented pultruded composite design doesn’t degrade
like steel. They will last over 50 years and are durable and sustainable.
Free Replacement - If you have a crash damaged Frangible Safety Post please let us know
and we will offer a free replacement.
Contact: Craig Pyser - Managing Director - [email protected] - www.fsp-ltd.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1509224232 and +44 (0) 7825 082113
Frangible Safety Posts, 8 St James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4JU
Glasdon UK Ltd Glasdon design and manufacture bollards and road safety equipment for traffic calming schemes and road engineering measures across the UK, and have 60 years’ experience working directly with highways professionals. Our range of road safety bollards includes illuminated and non-illuminated, retroreflective keep left and road bollards for traffic and pedestrian refuge islands, roundabouts, junctions and delineators. We also supply passively safe bollards, chevron systems and verge marker posts that are manufactured using specially formulated polymer materials including Impactapol® material and Reflexapol® material; and are crash tested to meet European Standard BS EN 12767.
Glasdon UK Ltd Preston New Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 4UL
Tel: 01253 600410 https://uk.glasdon.com / [email protected]
Hydro – Pole ProductsWe give you the opportunity to design and create safe roads with Fully Certified (and
endorsed by a Notified Body) passive safe poles in all shapes and sizes:
• Collision class: HE, LE and NE • Certified according to EN 40 / EN 12899 and tested in
accordance with EN 12767
• NE and HE poles with special integrated solutions to provide the highest levels of
occupant safety
Pole Products offers aluminium solutions for outdoor lighting in the form of light poles, flag poles, and complete systems for traffic installations. All our solutions are based on recycled aluminium and developed with safety and low maintenance in mind.
Unit 16 Pantglas Industrial Estate, Bedwas, Caerphilly, CF83 8DR
M: +44 7590 735297 [email protected] / www.hydro.com/poleproducts
Henry Williams Ltd Henry Williams Limited have teamed up with Safety Product to offer a range of passive safe street lighting and highways products.
The passive safe column ZIPpole saves lives. In the case of an impact, the strong conical shape changes into a soft ribbon. While the pole yields the rate of deceleration of the vehicle is reduced dissipating the forces over a longer much safer period. ZIPpoles are the safest energy absorbing columns, CE approved according to EN40, EN12899 and EN12767.
Manufactured from a special steel called Magnelis (EN10346), the ZIPpole is not just safe but also has a very good resistance to corrosion, enabling it to be the ideal solution on UK roads and highways for specification by local authorities, government agencies and consultants.
Website: https://www.hwilliams.co.uk/ Tel: 01325 462722
Leafield EnvironmentalLeafield Environmental, formerly known as Linpac Environmental, is a leading designer and
manufacturer of bollards, durable self-standing sign boards, forecourt amenity units, litter
and recycling bins.
We manufacture using advanced rotational moulding techniques that enable us to produce
consistent, high quality, extremely durable products used by many highways agencies,
local authorities, leisure parks, retail centres and major fuel retailers across the UK and
overseas.
Our in-house designers have vast experience in realising customers’ requirements in the
most innovative, economical and efficient manner. We also offer bespoke solutions to
customise or personalise many of our products to meet your every need.
Leafield Environmental Leafield Way, Leafield Industrial Estate, Corsham, Wiltshire,
SN13 9UD Tel: +44 (0) 1225 816522 www.leafieldhighway.com
NAL Ltd Suppliers of Retention Sockets Foundations for all types of
illuminated and non-illuminated post installations. NAL’s
Safety Isolation System has been specifically designed to meet
current requirements to electrically isolate a roadside
structure in the event of a collision.
NAL Ltd, Weir Lane, Worcester, Worcestershire, WA2 4AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1905 427100 Fax: +44 (0) 1905 427030
www.nal.ltd.uk
Retroreflective Equipment
Manufacturers Association
REMA is the trade association for manufacturers of retroreflective traffic safety products
which, due to the nature of their construction, are very often passively safe. These include
Hazard Marker Posts, Delineators, temporary signs and barriers.
These products are used mainly on the highway, providing visual information, day and
night, for both permanent and temporary traffic needs. They are also to be found, for
example, at airports, industrial sites and sports grounds.
Founded over 40 years ago REMA is the co-ordinated voice for companies involved in the
ever-changing traffic safety industry. The Association has regular and ongoing contact with
DfT, Highways England, standards organisations (BSI and CEN), The police, other trade
associations, professional institutions and end users.
REMA is proud to sponsor the UK Roads Passive Safety Workshops.
Web: www.rema.org.uk Tel: 07764 882193 email: [email protected]
Ritherdon and Co. Ltd Ritherdon is a well-known designer and manufacturer of superior stainless steel electrical
enclosures, feeder pillars and cabinets. Ritherdon’s continuous drive for innovation has led
it to design the first Passively Safe Cabinet. Designed and tested according to EN12767, it
extends passive safety to cabinets for the first time; there’s no need to use a crash
barrier.
To complement Ritherdon’s passive safe offering, you’ll find the high torque Atlas
Retention Socket, which grips passive safe poles uniformly and without damage, the
PolePlugs IP68 electrical break-away cable connectors and more. Learn more
at www.ritherdon.co.uk/passively-safe-road-products/
Ritherdon, Lorne Street, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1QW.
[email protected] www.ritherdon.co.uk Tel: 01254 819 100
Safety Product
Safety Product is developer of passive safe steel poles according EN12767. With the
ZIPpole and ZIPpole3XL, solutions are offered up to 18m, up to 145kg load (f.e. for
solar panel). All types are designed to bend in a car crash, absorb the energy of the
impact and slow down the speed of the colliding car.
With the innovative corrosion protection Magnelis, according EN10346, warranty is
offered for 25 years.
Safety Product owns its own crash test facility so specials can be crash tested on
request.
Address: Hoogbuul 18, 2250 Olen, BELGIUM Tel: +32 473 71 20 24 Contact: Carolien Willems - Director and Sales [email protected] Website: https://zippole.com
SignPost Solutions SignPost Solutions have been at the forefront of Passive Safety within the UK since
its inception in 1995.
With over 60,000 non injury passive installations we offer a complete variety of
passive solutions for both traffic and lighting and are the leading experts in this
field.
We are happy to offer you guidance on a one to one basis or conduct full time
lunch time learning sessions to discuss all your passive requirements.
SignPost Solutions ltd. Unit 5 Clarendon Drive, Tipton. DY4 0QA
www.signfix.co.uk Contact:[email protected] Tel: 0121 506 4770
Traffic Management Products
TMP Solutions brought the first passively safe retroreflective traffic bollard to our roads
almost twenty years ago, basically inventing the traffic bollard as we know it today. Since
then, we've listened to our customers and used our experience to develop a whole crash
friendly product range: from the industry-standard Evo-N rebound traffic bollard, through
to the versatile LockSafe street bollard range and the HEA product of the year award-
winning Evo-Chev passive chevron system.
We've packed innovation and quality assurance into each and every product we produce.
Our crash friendly range is fully BS EN 12767 compliant and real-world tested. To find out
more and buy online visit www.tmp.solutions
TMP Solutions Unit 6, Trident Drive, Wednesbury. WS10 7XB
Tel:0208 744 8201 www.tmp.solutions [email protected]
UK Roads LtdWe don't make or sell anything! But we organise events across the UK including UK Roads
‘Road Shows’ and Passive Safety Workshops in conjunction with TMS Consultancy. We also
operate a series of websites (including www.passivesafetyuk.com) which provide
information and best practice advice. Why not visit www.ukroadsltd.com for more
information. We don't make or sell anything! But we organise events across the UK
including UK Roads ‘Road Shows’ and Passive Safety Workshops in conjunction with TMS
Consultancy. We also operate a series of websites (including www.passivesafetyuk.com)
which provide information and best practice advice. Why not visit www.ukroadsltd.com for
more information.
UK Roads Ltd, 97, St Ronans Road, Southsea, Hants, PO4 0PR Tel:
+44 (0) 2392 737000 www.ukroadsltd.com/[email protected]
Varley & Gulliver Ltd. A leading manufacturer of Bridge Parapets, Pedestrian Barriers, Bespoke
Fabrications and Passive Sign Supports.
For many of our products we include supply, installation, inspection, repair and
refurbishment to ensure the highest standards.
Working to British, European and USA standards provides us with a wealth of
knowledge and ensures the highest quality levels are achieved.
Quality assured to ISO 9001 with 14 CE Marked products.
Varley and Gulliver Ltd. Ridgacre Road, West Bromwich, B71 1BB.
Tel: 0121 773 2441 email: [email protected] www.v-and-g.co.uk
Westcotec Over the last 18 years, Westcotec has grown to become one of the industry leaders in Vehicle Activated
Signs (VAS) using a range of above ground technologies. Westcotec have recently transitioned into being an
employee owned company. The company’s workforce consists of dedicated and loyal employees, all
subscribing to a strong customer service ethic. Westcotec are fully UK based with their factory and support
functions all at their Norfolk home. Westcotec deliver a consistent high level of post-sale support that has
led to the development of long-term relationships with both public and private sector customers, and are
proud to be one of a very few companies to have been awarded the CE mark for both their fixed and
portable signs, which enabled Transport Scotland and Highways England approval including TOPAS
Certification.
Westcotec provide intelligent solutions to challenging issues, with our products being present all over the
UK, and further afield in countries such as Canada, New Zealand and Sweden. Westcotec’s exports are
reflective of the flexible working character of the company. Westcotec has pioneered alternative energy
with wind and solar options, available throughout most of its product range. Westcotec are determined to
reduce their carbon footprint so for every sign sold a tree is planted in the company owned woodland; to
date this numbers in excess of 10,000 trees.
Free consultation is available from our staff on [email protected] or 01362 853124. Please visit our
website for more details www.westcotec.co.uk
PS Guidelines amendment record
26/11/19
Para 3.13 amended
Para 5.1.c amended
Para 6.1 amended
Para 6.3 amended
Removal of previous para 5.1.d
Para 7.5 amended
List of available products amendment record
26/11/19
ZIPpole 3XL occ safety changed to E
Hydro Pole Products distributor changed
20/12/19
ZIPpole 3XL length range amended
ZIPpole Scottish and Irish distributors added
ALC MD entries changed to red pending confirmation
24/01/20
ALC LC product classes amended and ALC sign post products added