CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 10976
Install Edge Lane Road (ELR)
Description: An edge lane road (ELR) belongs to a class of roadways that supports two-way automobile traffic within a single center lane and accommodates vulnerable road users (VRUs), such as bicyclists or pedestrians, in the edge lanes on either side. Automobiles may use the edge lanes to pass approaching vehicles after yielding to any VRUs there. ELRs are alternatively referred to as advisory bike lanes (ABLs), advisory shoulders, or dashed bicycle lanes. An ELR has no centerline. The center lane is separated from the edge lanes with broken lane markings. The broken lane markings indicate a permissive condition allowing motor vehicles to move into the edge lanes after yielding to any VRUs there.
Prior Condition: Two-Lane Undivided Road
Category: Roadway
Study: Safety Considerations for All Road Users on Edge Lane Roads, Williams et al., 2021
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 85 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.56 |
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| Value: | 44 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
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| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | All |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | Major Collector, Minor Collector, Local |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
| Road Division Type: | Undivided |
| Minimum Speed Limit: | 20 |
| Maximum Speed Limit: | 30 |
| Speed Unit: | mph |
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| Area Type: | All |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 200 to Maximum of 4349 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Average Traffic Volume: | 1720 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) |
| Time of Day: | All |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2005 to 2019 |
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| State: | CO,ID,IN,ME,MA,MN,VT |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Aug 11, 2021 |
| Comments: | Of the 11 treatment sites, 10 sites were urban and 1 was rural. |
