What is BS EN 1790 - Preformed road markings materials about?
Preformed road markings are manufactured products in sheet form, ready for use on the road. BS EN 1790 is a European Standard that discusses road marking materials. The main objective of BS EN 1790 is to differentiate road marking materials based on their quality and performance.
BS EN 1790 specifies construction products which are white and yellow, removable or non-removable, preformed road marking materials, under the form of tape, cold plastic, thermoplastics with or without drop-on materials, to be used for permanent and/or temporary road markings in circulation areas. Other products and colours intended for road markings are not covered in BS EN 1790.
Who is BS EN 1790 - Preformed road markings materials for?
BS EN 1790 on preformed road markings materials is useful for:
- The plastics / thermoplastics industry
- The chemical industry
- Product development / innovation teams
- Relevant road traffic authorities
- Roadway / highway authorities
- Relevant government / municipal bodies
- Manufacturers and suppliers of road marking materials
- Civil engineers
- Contractors
- Road safety and management authorities
- Quality control and testing personnel
Why should you use BS EN 1790 - Preformed road markings materials?
Preformed road marking products are defined as tape, performed cold plastic road marking, or performed thermoplastic road marking.
Except for Thermoplastic toad markings with drop-on materials, all the other types of products are fully finished during manufacturing and do not change significantly their properties during application. They are completely covered by BS EN 1790.
Thermoplastic road markings with drop-on materials need the addition of drop-on materials during application on the road and therefore they are in some way similar to the thermoplastic products covered by prEN 1871:2008.
BS EN 1790 provides all the relevant information and cross-references to prEN 1871:2008 in order to cover these kinds of products.
BS EN 1790 also gives specifications for the evaluation of conformity for white and yellow, removable or non-removable, preformed road materials under the form of tape, cold plastic, thermoplastics with or without drop-on materials to be used for permanent and/or temporary road markings in circulation areas including type testing and factory production control.
BS EN 1790 discusses tapes, performed cold plastic road marking, and thermoplastic road marking with and without drop-on materials with the clauses addressing the provisions of the EU Construction Product Directive for permanent road marking.
BS EN 1790 helps you to ensure that the completed road marking materials assembly is appropriately designed and that its components have the required performance values to fulfill the design. This contributes to the safety of motorists and pedestrians.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 1790:2013 supersedes BS EN 1790:1998 which is withdrawn. BS EN 1790:2013 includes some editorial changes with reference to BS EN 1790:1998. These include:
- Scope updated
- Requirements updated by making reference to EN 1436, EN 1824, and EN 13197
- Test methods updated by making reference to EN 1436, EN 1824, and EN 13197
- Evaluation of conformity (Clause 6) amended
- Annex ZA introduced
