MALAYSIAN MS 825: PART 1:2007

STANDARD

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF

ROAD LIGHTING - PART 1: LIGHTING OF
ROADS AND PUBLIC AMENITY AREAS
(FIRST REVISION)

ICS: 93.080.40
Descriptors: street lighting, lighting of roads

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CONTENTS

Page

Committee representation…...………………………………………………………….... iv

Foreword….…………….………………………………………………………………….. v

1 Scope………………………………………………………….……………………………. 1

2 Normative references……………………………………………………………………… 1

3 Terms, definitions and symbols…………….……………………………………………. 2

4 General principles…………………………………………………………………………. 4

5 Appearance, siting, environmental aspects and hours of operation ……..………….. 7

6 Equipment, maintenance and safe working clearances……………..………………… 14

7 Lighting of traffic routes……………………….………………………………………….. 18

8 Lighting of bridges and elevated roads…………………………………………………. 19

9 Lighting of subsidiary roads and associated areas, pedestrian walkways and

Cycle tracks………………………………………………………………….……………. 28

10 Lighting of urban centres and public amenity areas………………………………….... 30

11 Lighting of conflict areas…………………………………………………………………. 40

12 Lighting of areas around aerodromes, railways, harbours, and navigable inland

waterways ………………………………………………………...……………………….. 47

Tables

1 Lamp colour appearance groups ……………………………………………………. 7

2 Recommended minimum clearances from edge of carriageway to face of lighting

column ………………………………………………………………………..…………. 9

3 Lighting levels for covered shopping arcades and canopied areas ………………. 34

4 Lighting levels for subways, pedestrian bridges, stairways and ramps …………. 35

B1 Lighting classes of comparable level …………………………………………………. 52

B2 Lighting classes for highways and traffic routes ……………………………………. 54

B3 Lighting classes for conflict areas…………….………………………………………… 55

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B4 Lighting classes for subsidiary roads (pedestrians and cyclists) …………..………. 55

B5 Lighting classes for city and town centres ……………………………………………. 55

C1 Illustration of terms used to describe road surface textures …………………..……. 58

C2 r-table for asphalt road surface CIE type R2 ……………………...…………………. 60

C3 r-table for asphalt road surface CIE type R3 ………………………………...………. 61

C4 r-table for concrete road surface CIE type R1 …………………………….…………. 62

D1 Luminaire maintenance factors ……………………..…………………………………. 63

Figures

1a) Example for each road lit individually……………………………….………………….. 23

1b) Example for masts mounted between the roads………………………………..…….. 24

1c) Example for masts mounted on the outside of the lower roads ……………………. 24

1d) Example for luminaires mounted on the upper road lighting column……………….. 24

C1 “T” shaped bright area produced by a single luminaire………………………………. 57

G1 Isoluminance template…………………………………………………………………… 73

G2 Inadequate coverage of road ………..………………………………………………….. 74

G3 Additional luminaire covering two dark areas ………………………………………… 75

G4 Spacing set for inside carriageway……………………………………….…….………. 76

G5 Additional luminaire covering dark area on outside carriageway………….………... 76

J1 Worksheet for the installation design process…………………………………………. 81

K1 T-junctions on straight roads ……………………………………………………………. 85

K2 T-junctions on bends ………………………….…………………………………………. 85

K3 Staggered junctions …………………………………………..…………………………. 87

K4 Crossroads ……………………………………………………….………………………. 88

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K5 Y-junctions …………………………………………………………..……………………. 89

K6 Fork-junctions ……………………………………………………………………………. 90

K7 Junctions with triangular islands (minor road at obtuse angle) …………..…………. 91

K8 Junctions with triangular islands (minor road at acute angle) …………….…………. 92

K9 Junctions with ghost or traffic islands and right-turn lanes on the major road…..…. 93

K10 Roundabouts at three-way junctions ……………………………..……………………. 94

K11 Roundabouts at four-way junctions ……………………………………………………. 95

K12 Mini-roundabouts at T-junctions ………………………………..………………………. 96

K13 Double mini-roundabouts (with large right-turning flows) ……………………………. 97

Annexes

A Empowerment for the provision of lighting …………………………………………….. 50

B Selection of lighting classes……………………………………………………………… 51

C Relationship between the luminaire and road surfaces for traffic route lighting..…... 56

D Typical luminaire maintenance factor…………………………………………………… 63

E Outline of lighting design process for all-purpose traffic routes …………………….. 64

F Outline of lighting design process for highways ………………………………………. 68

G Example of a procedure for checking the lighting design of bends on traffic routes. 72

H Outline of lighting design process for subsidiary roads and associated areas ……. 77

J Outline of lighting design process for lighting urban centres and public amenity
areas……………………………………………………………………………………….. 80

K Luminaire and column positions for typical single level junctions and roundabouts
using 10 m or 12 m columns ………………….………………………………………… 85

Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………….……… 98

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Committee representation

The Electrotechnical-2 Industry Standards Committee (ISC S) under whose authority this Malaysian Standard was
developed, comprises representatives from the following organisations:

Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia

Department of Standards Malaysia
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Malaysian Cable Manufacturers Association
Malaysian Electrical Appliances and Distributors Association
Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Persatuan Pengguna-Pengguna Standard Malaysia
Pusat Tenaga Malaysia
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Electrotechnical Testing Section)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certification and Inspection Section)
Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia
Suruhanjaya Tenaga
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia
Universiti Multimedia
Universiti Tenaga Nasional

The Technical Committee on Lighting, Lamps and Accessories which supervised the development of this Malaysian
Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations:

Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Electrotechnical Testing Section)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certification and Inspection Section)
Suruhanjaya Tenaga
The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The Working Group on Road Lighting which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the
following organisations:

Acumen Marketing Sdn Bhd

Amat Sinar Sdn Bhd
Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia
Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia
Perbadanan Putrajaya
Pure Review Sdn Bhd
SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat)
SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd
Straits Design Sdn Bhd
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

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FOREWORD

This Malaysian Standard was developed by the Working Group on Road Lighting under the
authority of the Electrotechnical-2 Industry Standards Committee (ISC S).

MS 825 consists of the following parts, under the general title Code of practice for the design
of road lighting:

- Part 1: Lighting of roads and public amenity areas

- Part 2: Lighting of tunnels

This part of standard is the first revision of MS 825:1983, Code of practice for road lighting -
General principles.

Major modifications in this revision are as follows:

a) the title has been changed;

b) the scope has been expanded beyond that of the general principles in designing road
lighting; and

c) the standard also deals with the design of lighting for all types of highways and public
thoroughfares as well as urban centres and public amenity areas.

This revised Malaysian Standard cancels and replaces MS 825:1983.

Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal
obligations.

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