CMF / CRF Details
CMF ID: 4130
Improve sideslope rating from 5 to 1
Description: Side slope ratings were assigned on a five-point scale. 1 = Little grade, if any; generous area to correct for vehicles leaving the traveled-way. 2 = Some rise or fall with low grade, but still highly correctible at highway speeds. 3 = Definite rise or fall with moderate grade, (e.g., drainage 1 ditch), probably not correctible at moderate to high speeds, good possibility for non-injury. 4 = Definite rise or fall with high grade and possible guardrail, similar to bridge over a shallow creek: not correctible, and high chance of non-incapacitating injury at highway speed. 5 = High grade and significant elevation change, such as a cut into a cliff; not correctible and high chance of fatal or incapacitating injury at highway speed.
Prior Condition: Improve sideslope rating from 5 to 1 on a rural, two-lane road. The CMF applies to single-vehicle crashes on horizontal curve sections. Side slope ratings were assigned on a five-point scale where 1 = little grade, if any, and generous area to correct for vehicles leaving the traveled-way and 5 = high grade and significant elevation change, such as a cut into a cliff; not correctible and high chance of fatal or incapacitating injury at highway speed.
Category: Roadside
Study: Investigating the Effect of Roadside Features on Single-Vehicle Roadway Departure Crashes on Rural Two-Lane Roads, Yichuan Peng, Srinivas Reddy Geedipally, and Dominique Lord, 2012
| Star Quality Rating: |  [View score details] |
| Rating Points Total: | 80 |
| Crash Modification Factor (CMF) | |
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| Value: | 0.1 |
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| Value: | 90 (This value indicates a decrease in crashes) |
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| Crash Type: | Run off road,Single vehicle |
| Crash Severity: | K (fatal),A (serious injury),B (minor injury),C (possible injury) |
| Roadway Types: | Not Specified |
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| Minimum Number of Lanes: | 2 |
| Maximum Number of Lanes: | 2 |
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| Crash Weather: | Not specified |
| Road Division Type: | Undivided |
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| Area Type: | Rural |
| Traffic Volume: | Minimum of 3500 to Maximum of 3500 Average Daily Traffic (ADT) |
| Average Traffic Volume: | 3500 Average Daily Traffic (ADT) |
| Time of Day: | All |
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| Development Details | |
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| Date Range of Data Used: | 2003 to 2008 |
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| State: | TX |
| Country: | USA |
| Type of Methodology Used: | Regression cross-section |
| Sample Size (crashes): | 197 crashes |
