CMF / CRF Details

CMF ID: 7159

Improve pavement friction (Thin HMA-Hot Mix Asphalt)

Description: Thin hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlay

Prior Condition:  No Prior Condition(s)

Category: Roadway

Study: Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance, Merritt et al., 2015

 
Star Quality Rating:4 Stars  [View score details]
Rating Points Total:110
Crash Modification Factor (CMF)
Value:1.149
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:0.108
Crash Reduction Factor (CRF)
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Unadjusted Standard Error:
Applicability
Crash Type:Run off road,Wet road
Crash Severity:All
Roadway Types:Not specified
Street Type:
Minimum Number of Lanes:3
Maximum Number of Lanes:
Number of Lanes Direction:Both Directions
Number of Lanes Comment:Multi Lane
Crash Weather:Wet road
Road Division Type:All
Minimum Speed Limit:
Maximum Speed Limit:
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Speed Limit Comment:
Area Type:All
Traffic Volume:Minimum of 984 to Maximum of 96333 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
Average Traffic Volume:22148 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
Time of Day:All
If countermeasure is intersection-based
Intersection Type:
Intersection Geometry:
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Development Details
Date Range of Data Used:2000 to 2010
Municipality:
State:CA,MN,NC
Country:USA
Type of Methodology Used:Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes
Sample Size (miles):278.85 miles before, 278.85 miles after
Other Details
Included in Highway Safety Manual?No
Date Added to Clearinghouse:Nov 01, 2015
Comments:The number of crashes in the after period were not reported in this study, however, they have been recorded as 300 to give 10 points as a beneift of doubt for one or more of the following: (1) number of miles/sites in the reference/treatment group, (2) number of crashes in the references/treatment group, (3) reporting AADTs for the aggregate dataset but not for the disaggragate dataset used for CMF development.