Developing Crash Modification Factors for Guardrails, Utility Poles, and Side-Slope Improvements [techbrief]
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2021-08-01
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Abstract:The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) program was established in 2012 to address highway-safety research needs and evaluate new and innovative safety strategies (improvements) by developing reliable quantitative estimates of their effectiveness in reducing crashes. Forty-one State departments of transportation provide technical feedback on safety improvements to the DCMF program and implement new safety improvements to facilitate evaluations. These States are members of the Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study (ELCSI-PFS), which functions under the DCMF program. This project evaluated the safety effectiveness of three roadside modifications that States have implemented as safety treatments: guardrail installation, utility pole relocation or removal, and sideslope flattening. The ELCSI-PFS Technical Advisory Committee selected the safety evaluation of such roadside treatments as one of the priorities of the PFS.
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