COVENTRY-based global counter-terrorism specialist Safetyflex Barriers has launched its first-ever in-built crash bench.
The Crash Bench 40 has been designed and manufactured to provide protection at inner-city public projects and large venues.
The design is completely surface mounted and requires no foundations, pinning or fixings, giving it a one-hour installation time.
It can double up as seating with a bench built-in and the design also has the capacity for an extra removable bench or table to be fitted.
The bench has been successfully crash-tested at Nuneatons Horiba Mira centre of excellence.
Safetyflex Director Marcus Gerrard said he expects the new design to play a key role in its street furniture range.
“It’s always exciting to launch a new product, but this is one we have been looking forward to bringing to the market for some time after a year in research and development, and we’re sure it will be a fantastic addition to our existing street furniture range.
“More and more of our clients are looking for hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) solutions which go beyond offering protection from vehicle attacks, but also form part of the furniture and the Crash Bench 40 does just that.”
Safetyflex’s street furniture range includes seating, planters and cycle racks that have all been crash tested to stop vehicles travelling at varying speeds of up to 50 miles per hour.
