PROBLEM - GUARDRAIL END-TREATMENT

Summary: Risk of possible collision with severe consequences

Risk assessment: High Risk (Severity: Serious, Frequency: Probable)

The existing guardrails have their end-treatment as “fishtails or spoons”. The issue with guardrails end-treatment is that when they are “fishtails or spoons”, they have a potential of cutting through a vehicle when struck at a high speed.

Road Safety Appraisal Report, Provincial Road 15-1

Recommendation

The guardrails end-treatments should be considered to be flared on both ends.