Passive safety
1.5 Million people are injured in car accidents
every year in Europe
Over 8% of the accidents in Europe involve
collisions with lighting poles and signpostes
100 Billion euros spent in Europe on
the victims of car accidents
7.500 road accidents caused by collisions
with fixed obstacles result in 10.000 injured
and 300 deaths every year in Italy
The European standard EN 12767 has led to the
development of safer but more expensive lighting
poles compared to traditional ones. This cost
factor has effectively hindered their widespread
adoption, to the detriment of road safety.
This highlights the need to find alternative
solutions to enhance the safety of individuals
in the event of road accidents involving lighting poles.
The standard requires that the pole undergo
crash tests at low speed (35 km/h) and high
speed (at the manufacturer's choice: 50, 70,
or 100km/h), and that the performance class
be assigned based on the parameters outlined
in the table.
| Alternatives | Notes | |
| Speed class | 50,70,100 | Crash speed to which the pole was subjected |
| Energy absorption category | HE, LE, NE | Energy absorption capacity assigned based on the vehicle's exit speed from the pole |
| Occupant safety class | A, B, C, D, E | The level of safety for the vehicle occupants is defi- ned based on the values of ASI (Acceleration Severity Index) and THIV (Theoretical Head Impact Velocity), which represent the severity of the acceleration and the theoretical speed of impact against the occu- pant's cabin, respectively |
| Backfill type | S, X, R | S: Standard, R: Rigid, X: Other |
| Collapse mode | SE, NS | The detachment of the pole or part of it following the impact is classified as SE: Separation, NS: No se- paration |
| Direction class | SD, BD, MD | The direction of traffic towards the structure is clas- sified as SD: Single direction, BD: Bidirectional, MD: Multidirectional |
| Risk of roof indentation | 0,1 | 0: No risk, 1: Risk of damage |
To prove the effectiveness of SAVE system in the
absorbtion of the energy released during the impact
with a car, sophisticated simulations have been conducted
by the GdTech laboratory, one of the most authoritative
in the world in road accident simulations.
The final crash-tests conducted by CSI Milano permit us
to develop the new SAVE passive safety system for
lighting poles until 12 meters.
Download here the SAVE leaflet
Download here the EN12767 certificate
| Product | Performance | ||||
| Tubolar steel lighting columns with height up to 7 m, Mup<8.89kN |
Speed class | 50 | 70 | 100 | 100 |
| Energy absorption category | LE | LE | NE | LE | |
| Occupant safety class | C | C | C | D | |
| Backfill type | S | S | S | S | |
| Collapse mode | SE | SE | SE | SE | |
| Direction class | MD | MD | MD | MD | |
| Risk of roof indentation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Product | Performance | ||||
| Tubolar steel lighting columns with height up to 10 m, Mup<10.07kN |
Speed class | 50 | 70 | 100 | 100 |
| Energy absorption category | HE | HE | NE | LE | |
| Occupant safety class | C | C | C | D | |
| Backfill type | S | S | S | S | |
| Collapse mode | NS | NS | SE | SE | |
| Direction class | MD | MD | MD | MD | |
| Risk of roof indentation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Product | Performance | ||||
| Tubolar steel lighting columns with height up to 12m, Mup<12,60kN |
Speed class | 50 | 70 | 100 | 100 |
| Energy absorption category | HE | HE | NE | LE | |
| Occupant safety class | C | C | C | D | |
| Backfill type | S | S | S | S | |
| Collapse mode | NS | NS | SE | SE | |
| Direction class | MD | MD | MD | MD | |
| Risk of roof indentation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlantech Lux crash test simulation
Atlantech Lux crash test simulation
Simulation with a lighting pole of 8 m above ground, 148/60 mm
diameter, embedded 0.8 m into the Atlantech Lux Small Plus foundation.
The vehicle tested is a Peugeot 205 travelling at a speed of 70 km/h.
For further information on the tests submit a request.
Safety, another excellent reason
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and to the use of concrete. Choose Atlantech
for easy, rapid and safe works. In the respect
of the environment.
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