CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 6885
Install dynamic speed feedback sign
Description: System consisting of a speed measuring device and a message sign that displays feedback to those drivers who exceed a predetermined threshold. It may be the actual speed, a message such as SLOW DOWN, or activation of a warning device, such as beacons or a curve warning sign
Prior Condition: High-crash curve sites with identified speeding problem
Category: Advanced technology and ITS
Study: Evaluation of Dynamic Speed Feedback Signs on Curves: A National Demonstration Project, Hallmark et al., 2015
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 110 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.95 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.01 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 5 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 1 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | All |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | Not specified |
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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 |
| Minimum Speed Limit: | 50 |
| Maximum Speed Limit: | 65 |
| Speed Unit: | mph |
| Speed Limit Comment: | |
| Area Type: | Rural |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 400 to Maximum of 8400 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
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| Time of Day: | All |
| If countermeasure is intersection-based | |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2005 to 2013 |
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| State: | AZ,FL,IA,OH,OR,TX,WA |
| Country: | USA |
| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 160 crashes before, 53 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 20 sites before, 20 sites after |
| Other Details | |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Nov 01, 2015 |
| Comments: | This CMF applies to two-lane rural horizontal curves. |
