Smart Road Restraint Systems (Smart RRS): Integrating sensing technology into crash barriers

This paper provides an overview of the European Framework 7 funded project on Smart Road Restraint Systems (Smart RRS). In particular, it focuses on the integration of a number of roadside sensing modules into an intelligent crash barrier in order to improve what is termed “primary” and “tertiary” safety in the vicinity of the barrier. The primary and tertiary systems are described with detail being given of the sensing modules themselves. Results from a number of trials are outlined, the project having demonstrated the end to end functionality of the systems.