Highway Safety Manual Applied in States II--Freeway/Software

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is preparing to release a revision to the Highway Safety Manual that includes models for freeway segments, speed-change lanes and interchanges. Select models that are relevant to Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) states will be calibrated using local sites and local crash data. The calibration of such models will ensure that they reflect local driver population, conditions and environment. The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) has a related software package, the Safety Analyst (SA). This software will be investigated for the generation of the annual needs list (high-severity facilities). There have been some facilities that are unique to the MATC states that do not have HSM models. Two examples are the diverging diamond (or double-crossover) and the J-turn. This project will also develop Safety Performance Functions (SPF) for these innovative geometric designs that are designed to reduce severe crashes.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $94797.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12-G-UTC07

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Office of Research, Development, and Technology
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Missouri, Columbia

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Columbia, MO  United States  65211
• Principal Investigators:

  Nemmers, Charles

  Edara, Praveen

  Sun, Carlos

• Start Date: 20130701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141231
• Source Data: RiP Project 35957

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash severity; Highway design; Highway safety; Interchanges and intersections; Software; Speed change lanes
• Identifier Terms: Highway Safety Manual
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503730
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-America Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC07
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 16 2014 1:00AM