Road safety barrier systems
Specifications and notes
| Title | Date added | Download |
|---|---|---|
| M23 Road safety barrier systems - specifications | Oct 2009 |  (3 pages | 40KB) |
| M23 Road safety barrier systems - notes | Oct 2009 | (8 pages | 70KB) |
| M23 Appendix A: Approved road safety barrier systems | Mar 2012 | (11 pages | 340KB) |
| M23 Appendix B: Bridge barrier systems (interim) | Sep 2016 | (11 pages | 1.2MB) |
| M23 Appendix C: Temporary barrier systems (interim) | Feb 2017 | (37 pages | 2.2MB) |
Interim acceptances for road safety hardware - updated 31 March 2017
The following road safety hardware products have been granted interim acceptance pending inclusion in the NZ Transport Agency Specification M23 Road Safety Hardware Systems (currently under review) The indicated links are to the relevant interim acceptance notice or notification letter.
| Download product notice | Supplier | Type | Expiry date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezy Guard 4 W-Beam Barrier System | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier - Permanent | June 2020 |
| SoftStop™ End Terminal System | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier – Permanent | June 2020 |
| Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval req’d) | June 2020 | |
| ArmorGuard Gate Steel Median Gate System | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval req’d) | June 2020 |
| Ironman Median Gate™ Steel Median Gate System | Road Safety and Rentals Ltd (for Saferoads PTY) | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval req’d) | June 2020 |
| ZoneGuard™ Steel Barrier System | Hill & Smith Ltd | Safety Barrier – Temporary | June 2020 |
| SKT SP and FLEAT SP End Terminal Systems | Troy Wheeler Contracting Ltd | Safety Barrier – Permanent | June 2020 |
| Safence 4 Cable TL4 WRSB Note: This configuration supersedes that shown in M23 | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier – Permanent | June 2017 |
| SCI-100GM Crash Cushion | Tauren Barriers Ltd | Safety Barrier – Permanent or Temporary | June 2017 |
| J-J Hooks® Concrete Barrier Joint System | Tauren Barriers Ltd | Safety Barrier – Temporary | June 2020 |
| Ricochet™ TL2 Plastic Barrier System | Advantage Plastics | Safety Barrier – Temporary | June 2017 |
| Brifen 4 Cable WRSB (TL4-4R) | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval may be req’d) | June 2017 |
| Water-Wall™ + Mini-SLED™ (for use on TL1 CoPT™ sites only) | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier – Temporary | June 2017 |
| VGAN 300 Aluminium Bridge Barrier | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier – Permanent | June 2017 |
| Safence Slope Barrier | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval req’d) | June 2017 |
| Ezy Guard W-Beam Barrier System (Smart & HD variants) | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier - Permanent | June 2017 |
| ABSORB 350® Crash Cushion | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2017 |
| Armorwire WRSB Bolt-down post | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier – Permanent (site specific approval req’d) | n/a |
| ArmorZone™ TL2 Plastic Barrier System | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2020 |
| BarrierGuard 800™ Steel Barrier System | Highway Care International Ltd | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2020 |
| Nu-Guard 31™ Curved and Trailing End Terminals | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Permanent | n/a |
| Nu-Guard 31™ Leading Transition to Rigid Barrier | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Permanent | n/a |
| X-350 End Terminal System (all variants) | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Permanent | June 2017 |
| X-TENuator™ Crash Cushion | CSP Pacific | Safety Barrier - Permanent | June 2017 |
| Delta Bloc® DB 80 F-shape concrete barrier system | Hynds Pipe Systems | Safety Barrier – Permanent or Temporary | June 2017 |
| ET-2000 PLUS End Terminal System | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier - Permanent | June 2017 |
| Sentry™ Water-Cable Barrier System | RTL | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2017 |
SLED™ Crash Cushion | RTL | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2017 |
| ACZ-350™ Crash Cushion (Concrete only) | Ingal Civil (NZ) | Safety Barrier - Temporary | June 2017 |
| Gaillard-Rondino Timber Faced Guardrail (G2m/G4m) (TL2 only, Not for use on State highways) | Commodore Trading | Safety Barrier – Permanent (interim assessment) | June 2025 |
| Gaillard-Rondino Timber Faced Guardrail (GRP) (TL2 only, Not for use on State highways) | Commodore Trading | Safety Barrier – Permanent (interim assessment) | June 2025 |
The following road safety hardware products have been granted interim acceptance pending inclusion in the appropriate NZ Transport Agency specification or guidance documentation (as appropriate).
| Product | Supplier | Type | Expiry Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necklen 80, 100 & 170 series Superhighway Sign Support Systems | Necklen Engineering | Traffic Sign Supports (Specification P24) | n/a |
| Kiwisafer™ Culvert End Treatment | Saferoads International | Drainage | n/a |
| Spigoted Streetlight Column Outreach | Steelgal | Road Lighting (Specification M26) | n/a |
For further information on any of the above products, please contact the National Traffic & Safety Manager .
Notifications
| Title | Date | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary Concrete Barrier System Acceptance (2) | 5 Mar 2015 | (2 pages | 61KB) |
| Temporary Concrete Barrier System Acceptance | 20 Feb 2015 | (2 pages | 61KB) |
| Temporary barrier connections – Notice of inappropriate practices | 11 Feb 2014 | (3 pages | 650KB) |
| Colour of wire rope safety barrier posts | 18 Jul 2013 | (1 pages | 60KB) |
| MASH-1 - Discontinuation of 3-cable wire rope barrier systems | 31 Oct 2012 | (1 pages | 60KB) |
| MASH-1 - Implementation | 15 Oct 2012 | (1 pages | 60KB) |
| MASH-1 - Notification of adoption | 18 Sep 2012 | (1 pages | 60KB) |
| M23 terminal grading plan | Aug 2011 | (1 page | 430KB) |
Road safety barrier training
| Title | Date | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Road safety barrier systems installation and maintenance inspections workshops 2014 flyer | May-Nov 2014 | (2 pages | 100KB) |
| Temporary road safety barrier systems workshop 2014 flyer | 15-16 Apr 2014 | (2 pages | 170KB) |
| Road safety barrier systems course results Note this list will be updated periodically | 21 Apr 2016 | (4 pages | 40KB) |
For more information on the above courses, please contact Stuart Fraser .