Crash Modification Factors for Lane Departure Countermeasures in Kansas

This project was conducted to estimate crash modification factors (CMFs) for lane departure countermeasures in Kansas. Cross-sectional, case-control, and before-and-after empirical Bayes (EB) methods were employed. Results showed that centerline rumble strips on rural two-lane road segments have crash-reduction effects on all lane departure and fatal and injury lane departure crashes on both tangent and curved road segments. Shoulder rumble strips were effective in reducing all lane departure and fatal and injury lane departure crashes on tangent road segments but showed less effectiveness on curved road segments. The combination of centerline and shoulder rumble strips showed significant safety effectiveness on both tangent and curved road segments. Shoulder rumble strips on four-lane road segments also showed crash-reduction effects on all lane departure and fatal and injury lane departure crashes on both tangent and curved road segments. Cable median barriers showed a crash-reduction effect on all lane departure crashes, and fatal and injury lane departure crashes on four-lane divided road segments. Chevrons and post-mounted delineators also showed effectiveness on both all lane departure crashes and fatal and injury lane departure crashes. The safety edge treatment also showed a crash-reduction effect on all lane departure crashes and fatal and injury lane departure crashes. Finally, all models were validated to check for accuracy. Models developed for the cross-sectional method were validated using mean square error and mean of the residuals. Case-control models were validated using the specificity, accuracy, and sensitivity of the models. The significance of the CMFs developed using the before-and-after EB method was realized using the method given in the Highway Safety Manual.

• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/mtc/index.cfm/research/project/project/-1179634507
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/research/projects/detail/?projectID=-1179634507
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/publications/_documents/t2summaries/Kansas_lane-departure_CMFs_t2.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/research/documents/research-reports/Kansas_lane-departure_CMFs_w_cvr.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC37

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Performing Organizations:

  Kansas State University

  148 Rathbone Hall
  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506
• Principal Investigators:

  Dissanayake, Sunanda

• Start Date: 20150815
• Expected Completion Date: 20171229
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash data; Highway safety; Mathematical prediction; Ran off road crashes; Rural areas; Rural highways; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Highway Safety Manual
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01579731
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC37
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 27 2015 3:46PM