This PAS gives recommendations for the impact resilience, dimensions and positions of safety barriers in the workplace, and guidance on how to manage the risks associated with vehicles within the workplace, and specifies the criteria for testing the impact resilience of a barrier.

It is applicable to safety barriers used where there is a risk of collision between workplacevehicles or machinery and pedestrians. It is intended to be used by those who are concerned with selecting the appropriate safety barrier for their workplace to protect personnel, vehicles and structures, those who want to apply traffic management procedures and those who test and measure the performance of safety barriers.

It may also be of interest to manufacturers and distributors of safety barriers.

This PAS does not cover:

Traffic and pedestrian routes do not cover stairs, staircases and fixed ladders.