Highway safety manual

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Content Provider.

National Research Council (U.S.) Task Force on the Development of the Highway Safety Manual., Content Provider.

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic safety--Safety measures--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Traffic safety.

Roads--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Highway Safety Manual (1st Edition) with Supplement 2014

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials [2010-2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is a resource that provides safety knowledge and tools in a useful form to facilitate improved decision making based on safety performance. The focus of the HSM is to provide quantitative information for decision making. The HSM assembles currently available information and methodologies on measuring, estimating and evaluating roadways in terms of crash frequency (number of crashes per year) and crash severity (level of injuries due to crashes). The HSM presents tools and methodologies for consideration of 'safety' across the range of highway activities: planning, programming, project development, construction, operations, and maintenance. The purpose of this is to convey present knowledge regarding highway safety information for use by a broad array of transportation professionals"--P. xxiii.

Contents:

v. 1. pt. A. Introduction, human factors, and fundamentals

v. 1. pt. B. Roadway safety management process

v. 2. pt. C. Introduction and applications guidance

v. 3. pt. D. Introduction and applications guidance.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-61583-653-5