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Corporate Creators:
University of Missouri--Columbia. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Corporate Contributors:
Mid-America Transportation Center
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accident Data Forecasting Handbooks Local Transportation Performance Measurement Safety Management Traffic Accidents Traffic Data Traffic Safety
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Missouri
Edition:
4th ed.
Corporate Publisher:
Missouri. Dept. of Transportation
Abstract:
The Safety Handbook for Locals (S-HAL) is intended to be a comprehensive

traffic safety resource for all local communities in Missouri, be it cities or

counties. The S-HAL mirrors the national Highway Safety Manual (HSM)

(AASHTO, 2010) in using a systematic and data-driven approach to

improving traffic safety. The HSM is expected to significantly influence local policy and

engineering practice, in the same way that the Highway Capacity Manual transformed

traffic impact analysis for planning and site development. It is important that the S-HAL is consistent with the principles and techniques promoted in the HSM, which

was developed using a wealth of national highway safety knowledge and experience;

the S-HAL takes advantage of the same wellspring of knowledge. The HSM is divided

into four major parts. Part A discusses fundamentals of traffic safety, including human

factors. Part B presents the safety management process, namely, network screening,

diagnosis, countermeasure design, economic appraisal, project prioritization, and safety

effectiveness evaluation. Part C describes predictive methods for rural highways, and

urban and suburban arterials. Part D lists crash modification factors for a wide range of

transportation facilities and treatments. The S-HAL covers the same topics as the HSM

but not in as much detail. Also, the S-HAL focuses on facilities that are of more

interest to local communities; thus freeway and expressway facilities are not covered in

the S-HAL. Even though the types of topics covered in the HSM and the S-HAL are

similar, the S-HAL is organized into seven chapters instead of four parts. Topics

covered in the S-HAL include establishing a traffic records system, screening for

problem locations, analyzing conflict and crash patterns, designing safety

improvements, conducting road safety audits, and accessing national and regional

safety resources. The S-HAL can be considered a gateway to HSM, since it introduces

readers to the theory and techniques presented in the HSM.


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US Transportation Collection University Transportation Centers
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