CMF / CRF Details

CMF ID: 5451

Install shoulder rumble strips

Description:

Prior Condition:  rumble strips are only installed on right side

Category: Shoulder treatments

Study: Development of Crash Modification Factors for Left Side Rumble Strips, Mulkern and Hildebrand, 2013

 
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Rating Points Total:30
Crash Modification Factor (CMF)
Value:0.93
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Crash Reduction Factor (CRF)
Value:7  (This value indicates a decrease in crashes)
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Applicability
Crash Type:Run off road
Crash Severity:All
Roadway Types:Principal Arterial Other Freeways and Expressways
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Crash Weather:Not specified
Road Division Type:Divided by Median
Minimum Speed Limit:100
Maximum Speed Limit:110
Speed Unit:km/h
Speed Limit Comment:
Area Type:Rural
Traffic Volume:Minimum of 4387 to Maximum of 20614 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
Average Traffic Volume:11480 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
Time of Day:Not specified
If countermeasure is intersection-based
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Development Details
Date Range of Data Used:1998 to 2011
Municipality:New Brunswick
State:notusa
Country:Canada
Type of Methodology Used:Other before/after
Sample Size (crashes):756 crashes before
Other Details
Included in Highway Safety Manual?No
Date Added to Clearinghouse:Apr 30, 2014
Comments:CMF of installing a left side rumble strip in addition to an existing right side rumble strip of rural divided highways for both sides ROR crashes. The study is based on the combination of existing CMFs from the literature and new CMF from this study. The new CMF was developed using a simple before-after analysis of two locations.