Applicant information Fields in this section are self-explanatory.

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1 For FY Highway Safety Progra (HSP), the previous application for and the B/C spreadsheet were cobined into one spreadsheet to facilitate the electronic transission of application data. Applicants are required to fill the yellow fields of the spreadsheet and subit an electronic version of the application to and a paper copy with signature. The white areas are optional input area and the grey areas are autoatically generated by ebedded forulas. All areas other than input areas are protected to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the worsheet. It is worth noting that the B/C nuber in the application is only used to assess the eligibility of a proposed iproveent for Highway Safety Iproveent Progra (HSIP) funding. Iproveents that provide expected crash reductions resulting in a benefit to cost ratio (B/C) greater than one (.0) are eligible for HSIP funding. However, a high B/C ratio does not guarantee funding. Other factors such as the validity of iproveent countereasure, project cost and the tie frae to coplete the project are also considered to prioritize the eligible iproveents. In general, low cost, quic iproveent and project targeting high crash locations will receive ore favorable consideration. The following gives detailed explanation of each field in the application for. Applicant inforation Fields in this section are self-explanatory. General Inforation Section Application Type: Select Intersection or Section VDOT District: Input the VDOT district that oversight the area County: Input County/City nae, such as Fairfax County, City of Richond. Route: Input route nae of ajor direction, such as US, SR6, Broad Street. If nown, the 4 character VDOT nae (Prefix, Route #, Suffix) should be provided. Syste: If VDOT aintained road, select fro Interstate, Priary and Secondary ; If local aintained, select Urban Traffic Control: Select appropriate traffic control option. For section iproveent project, select the one with the right speed liit. Fro/Major Road: Input the start liit for section project and input the nae of the ajor road for intersection project To/Cross Road: Input the end liit for section project and the nae of the cross (inor) road for intersection project Study Period Begins: Input the begin date of three year traffic crash data collection period in the forat of /dd/yy Study Period Ends: Input the finish date of three year traffic crash data collection period in the forat of /dd/yy. Functional Class Code: Select the functional class of study area fro drop-down list Area Location Code: Select area location code fro drop-down list Federal Syste Code: Select federal syste code fro the drop-down list Page of 5

2 Briefly Describe Proble and Proposed wor: A brief explanation of why this location is chosen for safety iproveent by identifying current or potential safety probles or concerns and proposed cost-effective safety countereasures. The detailed description can be input on second page. Crash Data Section Crash report inforation is needed to coplete this section. Crash Suary sheet ust first be copleted before filling this section. Crash Suary Sheet can be found in the sae excel file. Crash Severity: The ost severe vehicle occupant injury for each crash ust be deterined to categorize the crash using the KABCO scale. Since January 2004, the Virginia Police Crash Report (FR-300) indicates the severity of occupant injury in Field nuber 9; prior to 2004, Field # 5 of the FR-300 was used. The FR-300 Field 9 corresponding codes with the KABCO scale are as follows: K= code of, dead before report (on scene), and code of 5, died later A= code of 2, ajor visible injury B= code of 3, inor visible injury C= code of 4, coplaint of but not visible injury O= no codes, property daage only crash Each crash ust be classified by the ost severe outcoe for all the occupants for each crash targeted for reduction (related crash) by the iproveent. Crash Type: Several ajor types of crashes are listed; user can input additional collision types such as Night, Wet Paveent in Others () and Others (2). Total Related Crashes: Input the total target crashes related to the proposed countereasures in this location. Please refer iproveent type for target crash type for the countereasure. Total Crashes: Input the total crashes that occurred at this location, which should be ore than or at least equal to Total Related Crashes. For exaple, include crashes on all approaches or other types not related to the iproveent. This inforation will be used to evaluate the overall progra effectiveness. Traffic Data Section Note: For traffic data, please fill corresponding section for intersection and section projects. Do not fill both traffic data sections. Traffic Data (Intersection Project) Period: Input the year of traffic data, such as Enter. ADT: Input Average Daily Traffic (ADT) entering the intersection on all approaches. That is, half of the total AADT on the approaching roadway lins. TotalCrashes *,000,000 Crash Rate: Autoatically calculated as AADT *365* Page 2 of 5

3 Critical Rate: If nown, input the critical rate for siilar intersections in that VDOT District NB Ent. ADT: Enter the North Bound Entering ADT SB Ent. ADT: Enter the Sorth Bound Entering ADT EB Ent. ADT: Enter the East Bound Entering ADT WB Ent. ADT: Enter the West Bound Entering ADT Other Leg En. ADT: Enter the Ent. ADT fro other legs if applicable The total nuber of the above entering ADT should equal to Enter. ADT # of Approaches: Traffic Data (Section Project) Period: Input the year of traffic data, such as Section Length: Input the section length (ile) Average ADT: Input the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) inforation Nuber of Lanes: Input the nuber of through lanes in this section Speed Liit: Input the speed liit on this section. TotalCrashes *00,000,000 Crash Rate: Autoatically calculated as AADT *365*3* SectionLength Critical Rate: If nown, input the critical rate for a siilar location in that VDOT District Top 5%?: Input Yes or No depending on if it is one of the top 5 percent high crash locations identified each year Traffic Growth Rate: Input the projected annual traffic growth rate for the area over the expected life of the iproveent (norally based on last 0 to 20 years). This nuber will vary by jurisdictions and should be available fro VDOT Transportation Planning offices. Iproveent Action Section Nuber of Iproveents: Enter total nuber of iproveent actions (Contact HSIP staff if over 4 iproveent actions are proposed) Discount Rate: Equals to 5.0% (given by Central Office based on the latest Federal Reserve Fund rate as of 5/0/06.) Iproveent Description: Select iproveent action fro Iproveent Table Service Life*: Input the corresponding service life fro Iproveent Table PRF: Percentage Reduction of Fatal Crashes; Input the corresponding nuber fro Iproveent Table PRI: Percentage Reduction of Injury Crashes; Input the corresponding nuber fro Iproveent Table Sheet. PRPD*: Percentage Reduction of Property Daage Only Crashes, Input fro Iproveent Table Sheet Total- Service life: equals to axiu nuber of service life of all iproveent actions. Total-PRF: Equals ( PRF ), where =nuber of iproveent actions Page 3 of 5

4 Total-PRI: Equals ( PRI ), where =nuber of iproveent actions. Total-PRPD: Equals ( PRPD ), where =nuber of iproveent actions. Project Cost Costs are required to be generated by PCES or ost recent line ite costs used by locality. PE Cost: Current value of Preliinary Engineering Cost for each iproveent action R/W&Utility: Current value of Right way and Utilities Cost for each iproveent action Construction: Current value of Construction Cost for each iproveent action Annualized Initial Cost: Annualized cost for each iprove action over its service life Project Schedule Section Begin PE: Enter the expected Preliinary Engineering date Target Advert.: Enter the Target Advertiseent date Begin Construction: Enter the expected Begin Construction Date Estiated Copleted Date: Enter the estiated copleted date of the project Type of Plan: Select fro Coplete, Minial and No Plans Project Adinistrated by: Select fro VDOT and Locality B/C Calculation Section Total Annualized Benefit: Equals the su of Annul Benefit fro the reduction of each related injury type crash n ( + g) Traffic Growth Factor: Equals ( + g) *, where g =annual traffic growth rate g n and n =iproveent action service life Total Benefit: Equals Total Annualized Benefit * Traffic Growth Factor Total Annualized Initial Cost: Su of the annualized initial cost for all iproveent actions. Total Annual Maintenance Cost: Su of the annual aintenance cost for all iproveent actions Total Cost: equals to Total Annualized Initial Cost +Total Annual Maintenance Cost B/C: equals to Total Benefit/Total Cost for the defined life of the iproveent Page 4 of 5

5 Project Benefit Related Crash #: Nuber of related crashes by severity type in the study period (3 years) Annual Reduction: Annual reduction nuber of related crashes by severity type Cost per Crash: Fatal: $3,760,000 Injury type A: $88,000 Injury type B: $48,200 Injury type C: $22,900 Property Daage Only: $6,500 2 Source:. National Safety Council (NSC), 2005 Injury Facts; Estiating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries, Hanley, Paul, The University of Iowa, Using Crash Costs in Safety Analysis, 2004, Page 5 of 5