CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 10248
Set posted speed limit 5 mph below engineering recommendations
Description:
Prior Condition: Posted speed limit set equal to engineering recommendations.
Category: Speed management
Study: Safety and Operational Impacts of Setting Speed Limits below Engineering Recommendations, Vikash, V.G., E.T. Donnell, Z. Yu, and L.Li., 2018
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 130 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.44 |
| Adjusted Standard Error: | |
| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 0.01 |
| Crash Reduction Factor (CRF) | |
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| Value: | 56 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
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| Unadjusted Standard Error: | 1 |
| Applicability | |
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| Crash Type: | All |
| Crash Severity: | All |
| Roadway Types: | All |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
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| Area Type: | Rural |
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| Time of Day: | All |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2000 to 2015 |
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| State: | MT |
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| Type of Methodology Used: | Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 35 crashes after |
| Sample Size (sites): | 3 sites before, 3 sites after |
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| Included in Highway Safety Manual? | No |
| Date Added to Clearinghouse: | Dec 07, 2019 |
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