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Over 10 years ago, Buckinghamshire County Council was seeking to make improvements to its highways as part of a casualty reduction scheme. Rural roads with tight bends and a lack of street lighting presented challenges to drivers, particularly along major routes such as the A4128 in High Wycombe and the A413 at the Adstock Bends, to the south of Buckingham.
The council chose to improve delineation along the routes and upgraded from traditional retro-reflective road studs to Clearview’s SolarLite Active Road Studs. Following installation, accident rates reduced along the route and now over 10 years later, when the A4128 and A413 were due for resurfacing, the council was faced with a decision; reinvest in SolarLite Active Road Studs or return to retro-reflective studs in response to a reduction in accidents.
Recognising the installation of the solar studs had a direct correlation to the reduction in accidents, Buckinghamshire County Council chose to maintain the status quo. The council opted to invest in more SolarLite Active Road Studs and continue with the improved route safety benefits and reduced accident rates.
The studs proactively emit light through an LED, unlike traditional retro-reflective road studs which rely upon the reflection of a headlight beam to be seen. This provides visibility from up to 900 metres away which is 10 times further than the traditional 90 metres of visibility provided by retro-reflective road studs. This, in turn, provides 10 times more reaction time for drivers to respond to changes in the road ahead so a car travelling at 60mph on a road with SolarLite Active Road Studs will have more than 30 seconds to react, as opposed to just three seconds with reflectors.
Buckinghamshire County Council found the studs to be so effective that it chose to extend their use. Upon receipt of a grant from the Safer Roads Fund, the council installed more SolarLite Active Road Studs along a stretch of the A40 between Stokenchurch and High Wycombe. The road had been subject to accidents and, having been impressed with their bright, long-lasting and proven performance on the A4218 and A413, as well as other installations of solar studs within the county, the council had no hesitation in installing additional SolarLite Active Road Studs.
Smart, safe and sustainable solar powered road studs, proven to increase night time road safety. Providing a view of the road layout ahead in the driver's natural line of vision and well beyond the headlight beam of a vehicle.
With SolarLite Road Studs installed for the illumination of stretches on the M25 Motorway and also between the M2 and M20, Clearview Intelligence installed a quantity of 7,000 Road Studs between junctions 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the M40 Motorway providing ultrabright guidance to motorists around the clock.
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SolarLite Active Road Studs trialled in Sweden to see if they can withstand impact from snow ploughs and cope in extreme cold weather
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With SolarLite Road Studs installed for the illumination of stretches on the M25 Motorway and also between the M2 and M20, Clearview Intelligence installed a quantity of 7,000 Road Studs between junctions 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the M40 Motorway providing ultrabright guidance to motorists around the clock.
Slough Borough Council and their traffic signal consultants Atkins were looking for a more cost effective solution when upgrading multiple traffic signalised junctions along the very busy main A4 dual carriageway
Clearview Intelligence works on a wide variety of projects where ongoing maintenance is of huge importance to ensure continuous and accurate data collection. Good and reliable road network management is of paramount importance in our nation’s capital city where Clearview Intelligence equipment is key in ensuring smooth traffic flows.
Intelligent Hardwired Bi-Directional Road Studs installed at Blackwall Tunnel in Kent to create a contra-flow from the southern boar to the northern boar.
SolarLite Active Road Studs trialled in Sweden to see if they can withstand impact from snow ploughs and cope in extreme cold weather
