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                Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads: Site Safety Analysis – User Guide 1
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**Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety**

FHWA-SA-14-073

*August 2014*

Notice

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Technical Report Documentation Page

**1. Report No.**

			FHWA-SA-14-073
			**2. Government Accession No.**
			**3. Recipient’s Catalog No.****4. Title and Subtitle**

			Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads
			Site Safety Analysis – User Guide #1
			**5. Report Date**

			August 2014**6. Performing Organization Code****7. Author(s)**

			Elizabeth Wemple, P.E., Timothy Colling, P.E.
			**8. Performing Organization Report No.****9. Performing Organization Name and Address**

			Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
			555 12th Street, Suite 1600
			Oakland, CA 94607

			Michigan Technological University
			Center for Technology and Training
			1400 Townsend Drive
			Houghton, MI 49931
			**10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)****11. Contract or Grant No.**

			DTFH61-12-C-00034**12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address**

			Department of Transportation
			Federal Highway Administration
			Office of Safety
			400 7th Street S.W.
			Washington, DC 20590
			**13. Type of Report and Period Covered**

			Covered Technical Manual**14. Sponsoring Agency Code****15. Supplementary Notes**

			Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Technical Manager: Rosemarie Anderson, Office of Safety

			Technical working group members: Craig Allred (FHWA Resource Center), Galen Balster (Federal Lands Highway), Dave Brand (Madison County, Ohio), Victoria Brinkly (Western Federal Lands Highway), Steve Castleberry (Nevada County, California), Clayton Chen (FHWA Research, Development, and Technology), Scott Davis (Thurston County, Washington), Kayloe Dawson (Chehalis Tribe), Thomas S. Elliot (FHWA) National Highway Institute), Tony Giancola (Roadway Safety Foundation), Daniel Holt (Federal Lands Highway), Hillary Isebrands (FHWA Resource Center), Robin Lewis (City of Bend, Oregon), Nate Miller (Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission), Todd Morrison (Kentucky LTAP), Scott Nodes (Arizona DOT), Jessica Rich (FHWA Tennessee Division), Karen Timpone (FHWA Office of Safety), Dennis Trusty (Northern Plains TTAP)**16. Abstract**

			This User Guide presents an example of how rural local and Tribal practitioners can study conditions at a preselected site. It demonstrates the step-by-step safety analysis process presented in *Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads – Safety Toolkit* (Publication FHWA-SA-14-072).

			The FHWA created the Toolkit and two User Guides to assist local agency and Tribal practitioners in completing traffic safety analyses. Each Toolkit step contains a set of tools, examples, and links to resources appropriate to the needs of safety practitioners. The User Guides accompanying the Toolkit provide hypothetical yet typical local or Tribal agency safety analysis scenarios and step-by-step solutions to the scenarios using materials from the Toolkit.

			This report specifically addresses how to study crash conditions at a curve on a rural roadway. The User Guide provides example applications of five Toolkit steps: compile data; diagnose site conditions and identify countermeasures; prioritize countermeasures for implementation; implement countermeasures; and evaluate effectiveness of implemented countermeasures.**17. Key Words**

			Safety analysis, local roads, Tribal roads, safety management, network screening, site diagnosis, countermeasure selection, safety evaluation
			**18. Distribution Statement**

			No restrictions**19. Security Classif. (of this report)**

			Unclassified
			**20. Security Classif. (of this page)**

			Unclassified
			**21. No. of Pages**

			40
			**22. Price**

			N/A**Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)   Reproduction of completed pages authorized**
      
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                2.0 User Guide #1 Scenario
                3.0 Solution
                4.0 Options for Additional Activities
                5.0 ConclusionsBook traversal links for Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads: Site Safety Analysis – User Guide 1
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