Technical Summary
NCHRP
Jun-08
The purpose of this guide is to help potential users of the 1st edition of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) anticipate the data needs for using the HSM. The guide focuses on the data needed to use the HSM Part C methodologies for rural two-lane highways, rural multilane highways, and urban and suburban arterials. The guide provides information for HSM users to assess whether their existing data sources contain the data needed to apply the HSM safety prediction methodologies to highways of interest.
NCHRP Research Results Digest 329: Highway Safety Manual Data Needs Guide
Arterial highways
Data needs
Forecasting
Highway Safety Manual
Multilane highways
Rural highways
Two lane highways
HSIS Summary Reports are two to eight pages in length and include a brief description of the issue addressed, data used, methodology applied, significant results, and practical implications.
A variety of research studies have been performed using data from HSIS. Many of the final reports prepared are now available electronically.
Research reports are often summarized in executive summaries, technical briefs, or other abbreviated formats. Included here are those road safety summaries that involved research using HSIS data.
In addition to conducting research, HSIS resources are also used to develop products that can be used by practitioners in the analysis of safety problems.
HSIS data are sometimes used in research studies that result in other types of finished products, such as dissertations, theses, and conference proceedings.
