CMF / CRF Details

CMF ID: 7433

Installation of fixed combined speed and red light cameras

Description: Installation of fixed combined speed and red light cameras

Prior Condition:  Intersections without speed and red light cameras

Category: Speed management

Study: To brake or to accelerate? Safety effects of combined speed and red light cameras, De Pauw et al., 2014

 
Star Quality Rating:2 Stars  [View score details]
Rating Points Total:65
Crash Modification Factor (CMF)
Value:1.42
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:0.19
Crash Reduction Factor (CRF)
Value:-42  (This value indicates an increase in crashes)
Adjusted Standard Error:
Unadjusted Standard Error:19
Applicability
Crash Type:Rear end
Crash Severity:All
Roadway Types:Not specified
Street Type:
Minimum Number of Lanes:1
Maximum Number of Lanes:1
Number of Lanes Direction:
Number of Lanes Comment:
Crash Weather:Not specified
Road Division Type:
Minimum Speed Limit:50
Maximum Speed Limit:90
Speed Unit:km/h
Speed Limit Comment:50, 70, and 90 km/h
Area Type:All
Traffic Volume:
Average Traffic Volume:
Time of Day:Not specified
If countermeasure is intersection-based
Intersection Type:Not specified
Intersection Geometry:Not specified
Traffic Control:Signalized
Major Road Traffic Volume:
Minor Road Traffic Volume:
Average Major Road Volume :
Average Minor Road Volume :
Development Details
Date Range of Data Used:2000 to 2008
Municipality:Flanders
State:notusa
Country:Belgium
Type of Methodology Used:Before/after using empirical Bayes or full Bayes
Sample Size (sites):71 sites before, 71 sites after
Other Details
Included in Highway Safety Manual?No
Date Added to Clearinghouse:Jun 22, 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.