Guidelines for the Development and Application of Crash Modification Factors

Guidelines for the Development and Application of Crash Modification Factors (NCHRP Research Report 991)

This research report outlines a procedure for using crash modification factors (CMFs) to understand and quantify the effect of a transportation investment on the system. The report dives into great detail on how to select and adjust CMFs for different pavement and bridge assets, how to apply the CMFs in investment decisions, and how to develop new CMFs that account for important factors relating to the location and asset type.


Infrastructure Assets: Highway Assets
Resource Types: Research Report
Capabilities: Data & Information Systems
Management Processes: Performance Reporting & Communication, Resource Allocation

Publisher:
TRB

Publication Year:
2021

Report Number:
NCHRP Research Report 991

Project Number:
NCHRP 17-63

External Link

Related Sites
TPM Portal
TAM Portal