RETENTION SYSTEM sockets for post installation

RETENTION SYSTEM

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PASSIVE SAFETY

passive safe solutions

RETENTION SYSTEM™
and RS sockets are patented products of
IPL group.

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Passive Safety

At the forefront of innovative and intelligent foundation engineering, the RETENTION SYSTEM enhances the use of passive safety posts and offers specifiers, operators and all road users accessible levels of road safety.

EU figures for 2008 show 39,000 people died in road accidents on European roads. In addition, it is estimated for every road death in the EU, at least 44 road injuries are recorded of which 8 will lead to life long disablement with severe damage to brain, spinal cord and other vital parts of the body.

The unacceptable human cost of our roads is reflected in the importance placed on international strategies and national action plans to improve vehicle safety, driver behaviour and infrastructure design. These strategies are showing significant results with the present EU safety action programme recording a 28% reduction in European road deaths between 2001 and 2008. The 4th European Road Safety Action Programme for 2011-2020, published later this year, will revise the targets of the previous programme and look at the further introduction and application of new life saving technologies both in vehicle and road design.

Passively safe columns and posts, which break in a controlled manner and absorb energy on impact are now an integral part of the road safety measures and safer road infrastructure available. It is worth noting, of the the total number of road deaths recorded a high proportion will continue to be single vehicle collisions where the driver has crashed into a fixed roadside object. Passively safe support structures for road equipment, such as lighting columns, traffic signal posts and signposts, can significantly reduce the probability of death and the severity of injury to vehicle occupants.

The European Standard EN12767:2007 (Passive Safety of Support Structures for Road Equipmemnt) states; 'the severities of accidents for vehicle occupants are affected by the performance of support structures for items of road equipment under impact. Based on safety considerations, these can be made in such a way that they detach or yield under vehicle impact'.

EN12767 specifies performance requirements for passively safe support structures for permanent road equipment. It both defines and limits the levels of occupant injury severity when impacting these structures. This important advancement recognies the unacceptable number of people killed or seriously injured in single vehicle collisions with street furniture. EN12767 and associated guidelines calls for all those involved in the design, construction and operation of roads to actively consider the use of passively safe street furniture including lighting columns, traffic signals and sign posts.

IPL group is a signatory in The European Road Safety Charter with a commitment to actions that will reduce road fatalities. The company undertakes to implement, proactively, the measures within the sphere of our responsibility and activities so as to speed up progress on road safety. As a leading manufacturer and supplier in the passive safety industry, IPL group offers a range of passive safe products that have been designed to exceed legislative crash protection standards and bring about real safety improvements in a 'forgiving roadside' enviroment. They include:

RETENTION SYSTEM sockets for post installation
SAFETY BOLLARDS, SIGNAGE & RAILINGS
SAFE POSTS for lighting columns & traffic signals
CABLES & DISCONNECTION PLUGS
ELECTRICAL ISOLATION SYSTEMS

The RETENTION SYSTEM™ and other passive safe solutions are listed in ''The Passive Revolution - Designing Safer Roadsides' guide to best available products. IPL group and our partners work closely with many local authorties introducing innovative products and solutions. We actively endorse this and other safe roads initiatives and participate in roadshows and seminars throughout Ireland and the UK. For further information on standards, codes of practice and details on future events visit the website: the passive revolution.