The crash experience warrant in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) specifies three criteria that must be met before a traffic signal can be considered for installation at an intersection. One of these criteria requires that five or more crashes of a type susceptible to correction by a signal must have occurred during a one-year period. Research was undertaken to evaluate the validity of this criterion and, if needed, to develop a crash experience warrant that is based on safety science and is consistent with the Highway Safety Manual (HSM).
Crash Experience Warrant for Traffic Signals
2014
101 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Road Transportation , Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Operations & Planning , Traffic crashes , Traffic signals , Highway safety , Highway engineering , Intersections , Crash frequency , Crash severity , Safety impact , Crash criteria , Signal installation , Crash experience warrant , Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices(MUTCD) , Signal-controlled intersections
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