Series 290 Road Stud

3M™ Marker Series 290 Reflecting Road Stud

Reflecting Road Stud

The 3M™ surface mounted Series 290 Road Stud is a high performance, permanent, surface mounted reflecting road stud. The 290’s prismatic reflective lens, which is protected by an abrasion resistant coating, offers excellent reflectivity and visibility in all weather conditions and has achieved the highest ratings for night time visibility in BS EN 1463. The easily and quickly applied polycarbonate stud body is specifically designed to deliver excellent durability and dissipate impact forces.

Application / Suitability

The 3M™ Series 290 Road Stud is extremely versatile – it is suitable for use in any position, on all road surfaces and has proven itself in many countries throughout the world and is available in all approved colour combinations. Although care should be taken if the stud is being considered for use in areas of high traffic levels when combined with the 301 cast iron housing from Roadcraft and Flemings it really is the stud of choice.

Series 290 Road Stud Combined with 301 Cast Iron Housing

The 3M™ Marker Series 290 Reflecting Road Stud is compatible with the well-established Roadcraft/Fleming 301 metal casting, creating an innovative and robust embedded non-depressible road stud. Combined, these products are designed to provide excellent long life performance in all weather conditions and on all roads, including the U.K.’s heavily used road and motorway network. The 301/290 road stud is easily installed using traditional vertical milling equipment and is supplied complete with the reflector already fitted.

3M™ Series 290 Road Stud Test Result Table

The following table shows the classification achieved by the road stud in its BS EN 1463 test, along with the minimum requirements required for legal UK use - as specified in TSRGD (2016).

Scope of testing Classification BSEN1463 Classifications UK TSRGD standard
Definition P3A BS EN 1463 Part 1 - An initial test to establish the type and description of a new road stud
Permanent (P), Glass Reflector (1), Plastic Reflector (2), Abrasion Resistant Plastic Reflector (3), Non Depressible (A), Depressible (B)
All Road Studs Product types allowed for use.
Dimensions (height) H1 BS EN 1463 Part 1 - An initial test to establish the type and description of a new road stud
Height of road stud above the road. No performance (H0), 0-18mm (H1), 18-20mm (H2), 20-25mm (H3)
H1, H2 and H3 types allowed for depressible road studs. H1 and H2 types allowed for non-depressible road studs.
Dimensions (size) HD1 BS EN 1463 Part 1 - An initial test to establish the type and description of a new road stud
Maximum horizontal dimensions of road stud exposed to traffic (in direction of traffic). No performance (HD0), length 250mm x width 190mm (HD1), length 320mm x width 230mm (HD2)
HD1 types allowed for use.
Part 1 Nighttime Visibility PRP1 BS EN 1463 Part 1 - An initial test to establish the type and description of a new road stud
Night time visibility. No performance (PRP0), Not less than table 4 (PRP1)
PRP1 types allowed for use.
Part 1 Colorimetric Assessment NCR1 BS EN 1463 Part 1 - An initial test to establish the type and description of a new road stud
Colormetric assessment. No performance (NCR0), Specified in table 9 (NCR1)
NCR1 types allowed for use.
Part 2 Primary Assessment S1 BS EN 1463 Part 2 - A road test classifying performance after a period of 12 months use
Primary assessment that indicates durability by measuring the number of road studs remaining from an original 50. 42-50 studs remaining (S1), 35-41 studs remaining (S2), 1-34 studs remaining (S3)
S1 types allowed for use.
Part 2 Nighttime Visibility R1 BS EN 1463 Part 2 - A road test classifying performance after a period of 12 months use
Nighttime visibility classification is based on the coefficient of luminous intensity (R) of each of 10 road studs. No performance (R0), 100% of R (R1), 50% of R (R2), 20% of R (R3), 1% of R (R4)
R1, R2 and R3 types allowed for use.
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