CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 10614
Improve Curve Delineation
Description: Treatments can include new chevrons, horizontal arrows, and advance warning signs as well as the improvement of existing signs using fluorescent yellow sheeting.
Prior Condition: No Prior Condition(s)
Category: Signs
Study: Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation, Srinivasan et al., 2009
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 140 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.746 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.078 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 25.4 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 7.8 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | Head on,Non-intersection,Run off road,Sideswipe |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | All |
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| Minimum Number of Lanes: | 2 |
| Maximum Number of Lanes: | 2 |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
| Road Division Type: | Undivided |
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| Area Type: | Rural |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 354 to Maximum of 20479 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
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| Time of Day: | Night |
| If countermeasure is intersection-based | |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 1993 to 2007 |
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| State: | CT,WA |
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| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 267 crashes before, 156 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 228 sites before, 228 sites after |
| Other Details | |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Jan 01, 1970 |
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