CMF / CRF Details

CMF ID: 3023

Configure an intersection with automobile and tram traffic for 'hook turns'

Description: Configure an intersection with a mixture of automobile and tram traffic such that vehicles wait in curbside lanes until the side road signal turns green prior to making an opposing vehicle turn.

Prior Condition:  a signalized intersection in Australia with a mixture of tram and auto traffic

Category: Intersection geometry

Study: Improving Safety and Operations of Tram/Traffic Management at Intersections - The Hook Turn, Currie and Reynolds, 2011

 
Star Quality Rating:1 Star  [View score details]
Rating Points Total:10
Crash Modification Factor (CMF)
Value:4.98
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:5.2847
Crash Reduction Factor (CRF)
Value:-398  (This value indicates an increase in crashes)
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:528.47
Applicability
Crash Type:Sideswipe
Crash Severity:All
Roadway Types:Not Specified
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Crash Weather:Not specified
Road Division Type:Undivided
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Area Type:Urban
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Time of Day:All
If countermeasure is intersection-based
Intersection Type:Roadway/roadway (not interchange related)
Intersection Geometry:4-leg
Traffic Control:Signalized
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Development Details
Date Range of Data Used:2006 to 2008
Municipality:Melbourne
State:notusa
Country:Australia
Type of Methodology Used:Non-regression cross-section
Sample Size (crashes):9 crashes
Sample Size (crashes):1 crashes before, 8 crashes after
Other Details
Included in Highway Safety Manual?No
Date Added to Clearinghouse:Jul 15, 2011
Comments:Since this study is from Australia, the opposing vehicle turn is not a left turn it is a right turn. See Table 5 for sample sizes and crash data. Crash rates were used. Traffic volume, speed limit, and lane configuration data are not given in this study.