CIAS

Crash Testing under  

NCHRP Report 350 as a

TL-3 Crash Cushion

• Below are videos of crash tests performed at the Texas Transportation Institute.  You must have Windows Media Player to view the videos.

If you do not have Windows Media Player, it is available from Microsoft as a free download.

• The CIAS highway safety device meets the FHWA's performance requirements for highway crash cushions as a “Test Level 3” stationary device.  These national standards were established by the Transportation Research Board [National Research Council] through the National Cooperative Research Program, NCHRP Report No. 350, "Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features.” 

  The CIAS was developed originally in the 1980’s and was approved at that time by the FHWA under earlier safety performance criteria, as defined under NCHRP Report 230. 

NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-32

NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-33

NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-34

NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-35