Two Lane Rural Road Safety Performance Functions

The objective of this research effort will be the development and implementation of state specific Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) for differing functional classes in Washington State. These SPFs will be used by all safety professionals and those responsible for safety assessment in Washington State. To achieve these objectives the following will occur: (1) an assessment of the current practice, (2) literature review of national and state practice, (3) development of SPFs by functional class, (4) development of SPFs implementation procedures for the differing tools and offices (e.g., HSM,, IHSDM, etc), and (5) recommendation for subsequent SPFs development. Considering the stated objective above, a systematic approach is necessary to address the substantial two-lane portion that is included in the 5,735 mile rural highway system in Washington State. Nearly 60% of this coverage involves minor and collector arterials, with an added proportion involving principal arterials as well. The research approach is tailored to account for informational demands in addressing this coverage, as well as computational needs required to develop a class of safety performance functions. The computational tools will involve both front-end performance formulas as well as Excel-based tools for the application of the formulas for estimating annual crash frequencies on two-lane rural highways.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $202007.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT07-G-0003

  PSU-2011-02

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center

  Pennsylvania State University
  201 Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802-4710
• Performing Organizations:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
  Research Office Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802-4710
• Principal Investigators:

  Shankar, Venky

• Start Date: 20111107
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20121231
• Source Data: RiP Project 29203

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; High risk locations; Highway safety; Rural highways; Two lane highways
• Identifier Terms: Safety Performance Functions
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; History; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01465919
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT07-G-0003, PSU-2011-02
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:07PM