CMF / CRF Details
Install new fluorescent curve signs or upgrade existing curve signs to fluorescent sheeting
Countermeasure ID: 2433
Description: Enhancing delineation along curves by installing new or replacing existing warning signs, curve delineation signs, and/or post mounted delineators. Warning signs include curve ahead or suggested speed limit and curve delineation signs include chevrons and horizontal arrows.
Prior Condition: No sign or sign without fluorescent sheeting
Category: Signs
Study: Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation, Srinivasan et al., 2009
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 145 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.75 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.127 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 25 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 12.7 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | Non-intersection |
| Crash Severity: | K (fatal),A (serious injury),B (minor injury),C (possible injury) |
| 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 895 to Maximum of 20479 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
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| Time of Day: | All |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 1997 to 2006 |
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| State: | CT |
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| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Jan 01, 1970 |
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