The Austroads Safety Barrier Assessment Panel (ASBAP) assesses the crashworthiness and suitability of road safety barriers, systems and devices for deployment on roads managed by Australian/New Zealand transport agencies.
Products submitted to ASBAP for acceptance must comply with Australian Standard 3845.1: 2015 (i.e. MASH) and the evaluation process considers the following:
- Documentation and training material provided for installation, maintenance and repair
- Full-scale crash testing.
- The barriers’ ability to reduce the severity of injuries to vulnerable road users.
- Component durability.
- Work health and safety during installation and maintenance.
- Ease with which maintenance can be undertaken including the requirement to use specialised tools and the expected time to replace damaged components following impact.
- Installation on a range of foundations.
