CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 9231
Install safety edge treatment
Description:
The safety edge is a low-cost treatment that is implemented in conjunction with pavement resurfacing and is intended to help minimize drop-off-related crashes.
Prior Condition: Drop-off pavement edge
Category: Shoulder treatments
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) |
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| Value: | 0.836 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.06 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) |
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| Value: | 16.4 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 6 |
| Applicability |
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| Crash Type: | Run off road |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | Principal Arterial Other |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
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| Area Type: | Rural |
| Traffic Volume: | |
| Average Traffic Volume: | 2176 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Time of Day: | Not specified |
| If countermeasure is intersection-based |
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| Development Details |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2005 to 2014 |
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| State: | FL,IA,NC,OH,PA |
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| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 230 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 417 sites before, 417 sites after |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Jun 17, 2018 |
| Comments: | Excludes intersection-related crashes and animal-related crashes. Includes only right-side encroachments for IA, FL, NC, and OH, and encroachments for both sides of the road in PA. Only includes sites with curves in all or part of the treated sections. |
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