CMF / CRF Details

CMF ID: 8801

Convert High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) lanes to High-Occupancy-Toll (HOT) lanes

Description: convert a High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) interstate segment into a High-Occupancy-Toll (HOT) segment

Prior Condition:  No HOT lanes

Category: Roadway

Study: Effects of Using High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes on Safety Performance of Freeways, Abuzwidah and Abdel-Aty, 2017

 
Star Quality Rating:3 Stars  [View score details]
Rating Points Total:90
Crash Modification Factor (CMF)
Value:0.96
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:0.1
Crash Reduction Factor (CRF)
Value:4  (This value indicates a decrease in crashes)
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:10
Applicability
Crash Type:All
Crash Severity:K (fatal),A (serious injury),B (minor injury),C (possible injury)
Roadway Types:Principal Arterial Interstate
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Minimum Number of Lanes:5
Maximum Number of Lanes:5
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Crash Weather:Not specified
Road Division Type:Divided by Median
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Time of Day:All
If countermeasure is intersection-based
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Development Details
Date Range of Data Used:2005 to 2013
Municipality:Miami
State:FL
Country:USA
Type of Methodology Used:Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes
Sample Size (sites):20 sites before, 20 sites after
Sample Size (miles):16 miles before, 16 miles after
Other Details
Included in Highway Safety Manual?No
Date Added to Clearinghouse:Nov 17, 2017
Comments:CMF applies to whole roadway section The number of crashes in the after period were not reported in this study, however, they have been recorded as 300 to give 10 points as a beneift of doubt for one or more of the following: (1) number of miles/sites in the reference/treatment group, (2) number of crashes in the references/treatment group, (3) reporting AADTs for the aggregate dataset but not for the disaggragate dataset used for CMF development.