Highway Safety

Our dedication to Highway Safety

Highway worker and motorist safety is our no. 1 priority
Sustaining member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Roadside Safety Committee (AFB020), Versilis advocates for highway worker and motorist safety
Our goal is to lead the development and deployment of safer highway access control solutions through innovation and quality engineering
Our dedication to innovation, safety, and quality guides our development efforts from research to deployment

Versilis offers the only crash tested highway warning gates on the market

All horizontal gate models (HSG-18CW, HSG-22CW, HSG-40CW) have successfully passed certified crash tests according to the approved national standards (NCHRP-350 & MASH)

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Safety Basics of Highway Access Control

Automation
Crashworthiness
Visibility

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Why is crashworthiness important? Top 3 reasons

Motorist Safety matters: The USDOT Safety Council has identified safety culture as a top priority across the Department
The FHWA’ s longstanding policy is that all roadside safety hardware installed on the National Highway System be crashworthy
According to the FHWA and the roadside safety community, understanding the performance of roadside safety hardware begins in a controlled environment using crash test scenarios and standards, set and maintained via AASHTO’s Manual on Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)

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What is crash testing?

MASH and NCHRP represent uniform guidelines used to conduct full-scale crash tests for permanent and temporary highway safety features along with recommended evaluation criteria to assess the test results

Each test is designed to assess one or more of the 3 principal evaluation criteria: occupant risk, vehicle trajectory, and structural adequacy

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