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1 National Cooperative Highway Research ProgramNCHRP Report 350 Recommended Procedures for theSafety Performance Evaluationof Highway FeaturesTransportation Research BoardNational Research CouncilTRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1992 OFFICERSC hairman: William W. Millar, Executive Director, Port Authority of Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaVice Chairman: A. Ray Chamberlain, Executive Director, Colorado Department of TransportationExecutive Director: thomas B. Deen, Transportation Research BoardMEMBERSMICHAEL ACOTT, President, National Asphalt Pavement Association (ex officio)ROY A.

2 ALLEN, Vice President, Research and Test Department, Association of American Railroads (ex officio)MARION C. BLAKEY, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, Department of Transportation (ex officio)GILBERT E. CARMICHAEL, Federal Railroad Administrator, Department of Transportation (ex officio)BRIAN W. CLYMER, Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation (ex officio)FRANCIS B. FRANCOIS, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (ex officio)JACK R. GILSTRAP, Executive Vice President, American Public Transit Association (ex officio)DOUGLAS B.

3 HAM, Research and Special Programs Acting Administrator, Department of Transportation (ex officio) thomas H. HANNA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc (ex officio) thomas D. LARSON, Federal Highway Administrator. Department of Transportation (ex officio)WARREN G. LEBACK, Maritime Administrator. Department of Transportation (ex officio) thomas C. RICHARDS, Federal Aviation Administrator, Department of Transportation (ex officio)ARTHUR E. WILLIAMS, Chief of Engineers and Commander, Army Corps of Engineers (ex officio)JAMES M.

4 BEGGS, Chairman, SPACEHAB, BROWN, Secretary, Illinois Department of TransportationDAVID BURWELL, President, Rails-to-Trails ConservancyL. GARY BYRD, Consulting Engineer, Alexandria, VirginiaL. STANLEY CRANE, former Chairman and CEO of CONRAILRICHARD K. DAVIDSON, Chairman and CEO, Union Pacific RailroadJAMES C. DELONG, Director of Aviation, Philadelphia International AirportJERRY L. DEPOY, Vice President, Properties & Facilities, USAirTHOMAS J. HARRELSON, Secretary, North Carolina Department of TransportationLESTER P. LAMM, President, Highway Users FederationLILLIAN C.

5 LIBURDI, Director. Port Department, The Port Authority of New York and New JerseyADOLF D. MAY, JR., Professor and Vice Chairman, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California. BerkeleyWAYNE MURI, Chief Engineer, Missouri Highway & Transportation Department (Past Chairman, 1990)CHARLES P. O'LEARY, JR., Commissioner. New Hampshire Department of TransportationNEIL PETERSON, Executive Director. Los Angeles County Transportation CommissionDELLA M. ROY, Professor of Materials Science, Pennsylvania State UniversityJOSEPH M. SUSSMAN, JR East Professor of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJOHN R.

6 TABB, Director, Chief Administrative Officer, Mississippi State Highway DepartmentJAMES W. VAN LOBEN SELS, Director, California Department of TransportationC. MICHAEL WALTON, Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professor and Chairman, Civil Engineering Department, University ofTexas at Austin (Past Chairman, 1991)FRANKLIN E. WHITE, Commissioner, New York State Department of TransportationJULIAN WOLPERT, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs and Urban Planning, Woodrow Wilson School of Public andInternational Affairs, Princeton UniversityROBERT A.

7 YOUNG III, President, ABF Freight Systems, Inc NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAMT ransportation Research Board Executive Committee Subcommittee for NCHRPWILLIAM W. MILLAR, Port Authority of Allegheny County (Chairman) CHAMBERLAIN, Colorado Department of TransportationFRANCIS B. FRANCOIS, American Association of State Highway andTransportation OfficialsTHOMAS D. LARSON, Department of Transportation C. MICHAEL WALTON, University of Texas at Austin L. GARY BYRD, Consulting EngineerTHOMAS B. DEEN, Transportation Research BoardField of DesignArea of Vehicle Barrier SystemsProject Panel C22-7 ROGER L.

8 STOUGHTON, California Department of Transportation(Chairman)JAMES E. BRYDEN, New York State Department of TransportationCHARLES E. DOUGAN, Connecticut Department of TransportationDENNIS L. HANSEN, Hennepin Co. Department of Transportation, H. HATTON, JR., Federal Highway AdministrationWALTER J. JESTINGS, Parsons, Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, GeorgiaJAMES F. ROBERTS, Jefferson City, MissouriF. J. TAMANINI, Energy Absorption Systems, Inc., VirginiaTHOMAS TURBELL, VTI, SwedenHARRY W. TAYLOR, Federal Highway Administration(The late) EDWARD N.

9 POST, University of Nebraska-LincolnMARTY HARGRAVES, FHWA Liaison RepresentativeFRANK R. McCULLAGH, TRB Liaison RepresentativeProgram StaffROBERT J. REILLY, Director, Cooperative Research ProgramsROBERT B. MILLER, Financial OfficerLOUIS M. MAcGREGOR, Program OfficerDANIEL W. DEARASAUGH, JR., Senior Program OfficerAMIR N. HANNA, Senior Program Officer CRAWFORD F. JENCKS, Senior Program Officer KENNETH S. OPIELA, Senior Program Officer DAN A. ROSEN, Senior Program Officer SCOTT SABOL, Senior Program Officer EILEEN P.

10 DELANEY, EditorNational Cooperative Highway Research ProgramReport 350 Recommended Procedures for theSafety Performance Evaluationof Highway FeaturesH. E. ROSS, JR., D. L. SICKING, and R. A. ZIMMERT exas Transportation InstituteTexas A&M University SystemCollege Station, TexasandJ. D. MICHIED ynatech Engineering Antonio, TexasResearch Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Cooperation with theFederal Highway AdministrationTRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARDNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILNATIONAL ACADEMY PRESSW ashington, 1993 NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCHPROGRAMS ystematic, well-designed research provides the most effectiveapproach to the solution of many problems facing highwayadministrators and engineers.