CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 8338
Increase lane width from 11 feet to 12 feet
Description:
Prior Condition: Freeway with 11 ft lane
Category: Roadway
Study: Operational and Safety Trade-offs: Reducing Freeway Lane and Shoulder Width to Permit an Additional Lane, Dixon et al., 2016
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 80 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.93 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.031 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 7 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 3.1 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | All |
| Crash Severity: | K (fatal),A (serious injury),B (minor injury),C (possible injury) |
| Roadway Types: | Principal Arterial Other Freeways and Expressways |
| Street Type: | |
| Minimum Number of Lanes: | 3 |
| Maximum Number of Lanes: | 3 |
| Number of Lanes Direction: | One Direction |
| Number of Lanes Comment: | |
| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
| Road Division Type: | Divided by Median |
| Minimum Speed Limit: | 50 |
| Maximum Speed Limit: | |
| Speed Unit: | mph |
| Speed Limit Comment: | > = 50 mph |
| Area Type: | Urban |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 200 to Maximum of 281450 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Average Traffic Volume: | 152163 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Time of Day: | All |
| If countermeasure is intersection-based | |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2010 to 2013 |
| Municipality: | Dallas, Houston, San Antonia |
| State: | TX |
| Country: | USA |
| Type of Methodology Used: | Regression cross-section |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 407 crashes |
| Sample Size (sites): | 536 sites |
| Sample Size (site-years): | 2144 site-years |
| Other Details | |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Comments: | |
