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storefront crashes

New Storefront Barrier Tests at TTI’s Proving Grounds Featured on Today Show

May 15, 2017

According to the Storefront Safety Council, vehicles crash into buildings such as restaurants, grocery stores and convenience stores an average of 60 times a day. Each year, up to 500 people are killed and more than 4,000 are injured. Many of those accidents happen even when crash barriers are installed out front. Typically such barriers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: storefront crashes, TTI Proving Grounds

TTI Plays Key Role in Creating New Safety Standard to Prevent Storefront Crashes

December 9, 2014

With 500 people reportedly killed each year by vehicles crashing into retail stores, sidewalk cafes, hair salons and other businesses, low speed barrier crashes have been called “one of the largest unaddressed safety issues in the country.” (Video here.) Until now, there has been no objective way to evaluate the effectiveness of the vertical pipes, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ASTM, Crashworthy Structures Program, storefront crashes

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