New Highway Accident Location Manual for Missouri

The Missouri Highway Accident Location (HAL) manual is used to identify, analyze, and correct high crash locations, and has not been updated since 1999. This new edition brings the manual up to date, while incorporating the methodology of the national Highway Safety Manual (HSM). This 4th edition represents a complete re-working of all existing chapters of the manual. The changes are both stylistic and substantive. A contemporary book-style stylesheet was used to improve the appearance of figures, tables, headings, and labels. Even the title of the manual was changed from HAL (Identification, Analysis, and Correction of High-Crash Locations) to S-HAL (Safety Handbook for Locals) in order to reflect current trends in highway safety. The section on countermeasures has been improved significantly through the incorporation of the HSM approach to analyzing countermeasure effectiveness. Further, the manual now incorporates a partnership-based approach to safety. This edition takes full advantage of the availability of safety information, becoming the gateway for many additional sources.

• Record URL:
  • http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=matcreports
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• Summary URL:
  • http://matc.unl.edu/research/research_projects.php?researchID=397
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26931
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Appendix includes the 4th edition of the S-HAL: Safety Handbook for Locals.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Missouri, Columbia

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, E2509 Lafferre Hall
  Columbia, MO  United States  65203

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sun, Carlos
  • Edara, Praveen
  • Brown, Henry
• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 157p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash analysis; High risk locations; Highway safety; Manuals; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Highway Safety Manual
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516474
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MATC-MU: 185, 25-1121-0003-185
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM