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Scale and Scope of Safety Assessment Methods in the Project Development Process

Long Description: Problem Overview, Section 5.1

Safety Assessment Method: SPF with CMF Weighted with Observed Crashes

Project Phase: Planning & Scoping Project Type: 3R

Related Task: Establish Project Purpose and Need

Calculation Method: Tool Based

Comments: This example problem demonstrates how to estimate the number of expected crashes for an urban arterial and calculate excess crash conditions.

Level of Analysis: Advanced

Note: See table 3 for a full definition of Project Type designations.

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