Australian ingenuity delivers next-gen road barriers to increase public safety & decrease waste.

Описание: Passing the crash test at 100km an hour: Australian ingenuity delivers next generation of road barriers to increase public safety and decrease waste.

November 2022 – The results are in from the world’s first full-scale test of concrete road safety barriers constructed with rubber crumb from end-of-life tyres; and a new, innovative Australian public safety product has passed the ‘crash test’ and is now on track to go to market.

The product – called Rubber T-Lok – has been developed by Saferoads and researchers from the University of Melbourne's Advanced Protective Technologies of Engineering Structures (APTES) Research Group, with funding and support from Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA).

The crash test at Victoria’s Lardner Park facility in September demonstrated that rubberised concrete road barriers will decrease impact severity and are a viable use of end-of-life tyres that would otherwise go to waste.

With enhanced safety benefits and a longer lifespan, it offers a cost-effective solution for a variety of industry sectors that make and use safety barriers, such as: manufacturing, engineering, construction, mining, outdoor event management and government road safety programs, especially in regional, rural and remote areas.

To find out more: visit www.tyrestewardship.org.au