For a specific rural road segment in northeast Colorado, the total number of crashes as well as the number of fatal crashes have been recorded. Using the data provided with a traffic analysis within two standard deviations (or 95% confidence interval), determine if this site should be flagged for further study.

Structural Analysis
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337630931
Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Chapter2: Loads On Structures
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1P
icon
Related questions
Question

For a specific rural road segment in northeast Colorado, the total number of crashes as well as the number of fatal crashes have been recorded. Using the data provided with a traffic analysis within two standard deviations (or 95% confidence interval), determine if this site should be flagged for further study.

Data:

Length of road segment = 2 mi.

AADT = 11,350 veh/day

 

Total number of injury crashes for past 5 years = 55

Total number of fatal crashes for past 5 years = 5

Total number of property-only crashes for past 5 years = 100

 

Average number of statewide injury crashes for rural roads over past 5 years = 1.30 per 106 VMT

Average number of statewide fatal crashes for rural roads over past 5 years = 0.02 per 106 VMT

Average number of statewide property only crashes for rural roads over past 5 years = .033 per 106 VMT

 

Weighted average crash rate of injury crashes for rural Colorado roads = 3

Weighted average crash rate of fatal crashes for rural Colorado roads = 8

Weighted average crash rate of property only crashes for rural Colorado roads = 1   

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Capacity and level of service at intersections
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, civil-engineering and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337630931
Author:
KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780134610672
Author:
Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher:
PEARSON
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337705028
Author:
Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780073398006
Author:
Kenneth M. Leet Emeritus, Chia-Ming Uang, Joel Lanning
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Sustainable Energy
Sustainable Energy
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337551663
Author:
DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781305156241
Author:
Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning