CMF / CRF Details
Implement Active Traffic Management Strategies with Hard Shoulder Running
Countermeasure ID: 10016
Description: Implement a mix of advisory variable speed limits, lane use control signals, and hard shoulder running on a segment of interstate.
Prior Condition: Static speed limits, no lane use control signals, and no hard shoulder running.
Category: Advanced technology and ITS
Study: Evaluation of the Impact of the I-66 Active Traffic Management System: Phase II, Dutta et al., 2018
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 115 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.753 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.065 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 24.7 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 6.5 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | All |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | Principal Arterial Interstate |
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| Minimum Number of Lanes: | 6 |
| Maximum Number of Lanes: | 8 |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
| Road Division Type: | Divided by Median |
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| Area Type: | Not specified |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 133000 to Maximum of 184000 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Average Traffic Volume: | 158746 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Time of Day: | All |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2011 to 2016 |
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| State: | VA |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 816 crashes before, 161 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 3 sites before, 3 sites after |
| Sample Size (site-years): | 12 site-years before, 3 site-years after |
| Sample Size (miles): | 7.2 miles before, 7.2 miles after |
| Sample Size (miles): | 28.8 mile-years before, 7.2 mile-years after |
