CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 8485
Install Platform Tram Stops
Description: Platform stops improve this situation through the provision of passengers platforms raised to the level of low floor trams next to the tracks in the middle of the road. Passengers access the platform using signal controlled pedestrian crossings.On roads with lower traffic levels, platforms are accessed via zebra crossings at the ends of the platform.
Prior Condition: safety zone tram stops
Category: Transit
Study: Safety impacts of platform tram stops on pedestrians in mixed traffic operation: A comparison group before–after crash study, Naznin et al., 2015
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| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 105 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.193 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.075 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 80.7 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 7.5 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | Vehicle/pedestrian |
| Crash Severity: | K (fatal),A (serious injury),B (minor injury),C (possible injury) |
| Roadway Types: | All |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
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| Area Type: | Urban |
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| Average Traffic Volume: | 14907 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Time of Day: | Not specified |
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| Municipality: | Melbourne |
| State: | notusa |
| Country: | Australia |
| Type of Methodology Used: | Other before/after |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 102 crashes before, 16 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 15 sites before, 15 sites after |
| Sample Size (site-years): | 90 site-years before, 30 site-years after |
