How does the CMF Clearinghouse relate to the Highway Safety Manual?
The Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse is just one of the tools and resources available to help transportation professionals make safety decisions. The Highway Safety Manual, expected to be released in the spring of 2010, will provide practitioners with the best factual information and tools to facilitate roadway design and operational decisions based on explicit consideration on their safety consequences. The CMF Clearinghouse incorporates information relating to the HSM within this Web site. Users are able to view and search for CMFs included in the HSM. The CMF Clearinghouse includes all of the CMFs listed in the HSM.