Improving Road Safety through -

Road Signs & Road Furniture

Presenting to
PWD Roads Assam

Presented by:Parijat Mukhopadhyay.

Phone: 9830743800
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 How to Address Road Safety

1. Enforce Safety of the Road Users

Application of Retro reflection
2. Improve Efficiency of the Road System

Information
•Guidance Information when and where
it is most effective for
•Warning
influencing safe behavior
•Regulation
Important Manuals

Products

MoRTH IRC 67 IRC 35 IRC 79 IRC SP 55 Work IRC SP 85

Specification Road Signs Road Marking Road Delineators Zone VMS

Road-Scenario

IRC SP 73 IRC SP 87 IRC SP 99 IRC SP 48 IRC 99 Traffic

IRC SP 84 Four IRC SP 91
Calming
Two Lane Lane Six Lane Expressway Hill Roads Tunnel Road
Measures
 IRC 67-2022
Code of Practice
for Road Signs
Key Highlights in
Revision

Transportation Safety Division

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 Comparison of
Sheeting Selection
Guideline
Class C Micro prismatic
sheeting shall be preferred
for the major category of
roads like Expressways,
National/State Highways
and Urban Roads.
Moreover, Type XI sheeting
with observation angle of up
to 10 shall be preferred
while choosing Class C
grade sheeting applications
as it offers good visibility
from short and medium
range distances.

Type XI Micro
Prismatic Grade
Sheeting
Retro-reflective sheeting
is typically manufactured
using a full cube corner
technology

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 New/Revised Signs > 50 Signs

Left Turn Prohibited at Signal

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 Direction Information Sign Boards

Font
English-Transport Medium
Hindi-Hindi7 or Narad Bold

Road Type Background

Expressway Blue
National Highway (NH) Green
State Highway (SH) Green
Major District Road (MDR) Green  Should know the Design Speed.
 From Table 12.1 of IRC 67:2022,
Village Road (ODR and VR) White
select the font height.
Urban / City Road Blue  Find the Stroke width.
Other Scenario  1 s/w = ¼ of lowercase “x” height
Tourism related signs* Brown
Source-IRC 67-2012 , *IRC 67-2021 Draft & IRC SP 99-2013
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 Road Stud- as per MoRTH 804

TEST CERTIFICATE

Compressive
Temperature
Strength : Min
Cycling
13,635 Kg
WARRANTY
Retro Reflective
Abrasion Resistance
Area : ≤ 13 Sqcm 2 Years Warranty

CIL Values s per

MoRTH Table 800-
13

Flexural Strength of
Min 909 Kgf as per
ASTM D 4280

Resistance to Lens
Cracking, Lens Reference Standards- MoRTH, ASTM D4280
Impact Strength
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 Solar Stud- as per MoRTH 804, IRC 35-2015
 Visible at distances of more than 800 m under
favorable conditions TRL Driving Simulator
 Distinctly visible during rainy and foggy conditions
 Used in places where street lightings and other
roadside activities are present
Application Areas:

Exit Points Curves Bridges/Flyovers

Bridges, Structurers, road crash prone
locations and highly hazardous locations,
Curves, Lane transitions etc-9m spacing
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 Roadway Indicators/Delineators
Ref: IRC 79-2019
 Mild steel with pure polyester powder coating
 Posts shall have an ellipsoidal or circular design
Spacing on Horizontal Curves
 Height of the pole shall be 800 to 900 mm Radius of Curve Spacing on Curve, (S)
 Type XI sheeting specifications as per IRC: 67-2012 (meters) (meters)
and ASTM D 4956 with edge sealing 30 6
50 8
 Alternate band of black paint and white retro
100 12
reflective sheeting
200 20
300 25
400 30
500 35
600 38
601-1200 40
>1200-3000 40*
>3000-5000 40
*with deflection angle less than 20 degree

On straight sections, roadway indicators should be

spaced uniformly 50-70 m from each other
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 Flexible Median marker – The new way of median visibility
Ref: IRC 79-2019
Feature Benefits
• Better visual appearance
Innovative Flame
• Increases visibility at night for
like Design structure
safe driving

• Bounce Back on impact

Flexible high
• Lesser chances of people
performance
tripping over median marker
thermoplastic Body
• Long term durability
 Reflective Area: Shall not be less than 90 Cm
Square • Long Distance visibility in day
Fluorescent Type XI & night
 Reboundability: Withstand 750 numbers of hits Reflective sheeting • Provides longer response time
using pendulum of 1.8 Kg conforming to ASTM for safer driving
D256
Spacing:
 Tensile test: Adhesion between the body and outer  2m for Urban Roads
casing body of FMM shall withstand 50 Kgf tensile  5m for Interurban Highways/Expressways
loads conforming to ASTMD 638 method
Source-As per IRC 79-2019
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