CASE STUDY M25 LONDON ORBITAL WITH ASTUCIA STUDS Case Study Guiding the way on the M25 London Orbital PROJECT DETAILS Motorway DATE OF INSTALLATION 2009 Astucia is helping to improve driving conditions on the M25 LOCATION Motorway in Surrey, with the installation of approximately M25, Surrey, United Kingdom 4,500 Astucia SolarLite Road Studs. APPLICATION Astucia SolarLite Flush Road Studs BACKGROUND The M25 Motorway around London is one of the world’s longest orbital routes, covering 117 miles. The M25 is also one KEY BENEFITS of the busiest motorways in Europe being used by approximately 250,000 vehicles each day. Much of the 10x greater visibility for drivers motorway utilises street lighting to enhance driver visibility, than traditional reflective road however a number of junctions do not currently have lighting studs which increases driver safety risk due to restricted night time visibility. Excellent visibility in adverse Installing additional street lighting sites is an expensive exercise, with ever increasing weather e.g. fog, rain or surface costs of ongoing energy provision and environmental impact. It has been reported spray that electricity costs to power street lighting on motorways and ‘A’ roads in the UK Highlights sharp bends, dips in 1 was estimated at £15 million a year in 2009 . the road and other hazardous approaches Effective additional driver safety SOLUTION when used in conjunction with street light reduction schemes A recent project by Mouchel, a leading infrastructure and business services group has been designed to help improve driver visibility on a 6 mile unlit stretch of the M25 motorway between Junction 6 and the Clacket Lane Services. This has resulted in the TESTIMONIAL installation of around 4,500 Astucia SolarLite Road Studs. Graham Muspratt, Product Manager Astucia SolarLite Road Studs contain a Light Emitting Diode (LED) which automatically from Clearview Traffic commented, illuminate during the hours of darkness to provide up to 1,000 metres visibility – 10 “Installing further street lighting times greater than that of the traditional retro-reflective “cats eye” road stud. columns on the motorway would This installation is in addition to a section of Astucia Solarlite Road Studs already have incurred significant cost in both installation and ongoing energy bills, situated between the M2 and M20 motorway near the port of Dover, Kent which has whilst the use of Astucia SolarLite successfully guided motorists from an area containing street lighting into an unlit road studs presents just the fraction area. of this cost and does not require The M25 project is providing enhanced driver guidance without incurring ongoing ongoing funding due to the use of energy costs and carbon emissions as seen by the use of traditional street lighting. free solar energy. We are very pleased with the effect of the Astucia studs and are confident that this 1 The Times Online March 13 2009. enhanced delineation will have a positive effect on the safety and night time road environment on the M25”. Astucia T +44 (0)1869 362800 Astucia reserves the right to change or modify product specifications. A4 Telford Road, F +44 (0)1869 246858 ‘Astucia’, the ‘A’ Symbol and ‘SolarLite’ are trade marks. Bicester, E [email protected] Worldwide Patents Coverage. All values Oxfordshire OX26 4LD www.astucia.co.uk are nominal. Moving traffic, saving lives For more information visit www.astucia.co.uk.