Severity Worksheet

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Roadside Features  include anything outside the travelled way which may influence the crash potential of an errant vehicle. Items range in scope from the roadside hardware specifically designed for placement on the roadside (i.e., guardrail, guardrail terminals, crash cushions, etc.) to trees and other naturally occurring hazards. Other objects such as utility poles, signs and mailboxes can be positioned on the roadside. RSAPv3 also includes a number of new "special edges" like the edge of the median to detect median cross-overs, the edge of a water body, as well as the clear zone edge.

Default hazard severities have been provided with RSAPv3 for Roadside Hazards on the Severity Worksheet. The RSAPv3 ENGINEER'S MANUAL contains a detailed discussion on the development of these severities and provides instructions to collect data and develop severities for new hazards or for hazards using regional data. The severity information may be viewed by selecting the "Hazard" button, but the values cannot be changed in the Severity Worksheet. Instructions for adding or editing hazard information in the SEVERITY worksheet are in the Engineer's Manual.

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The Severity Worksheet is a database of hazard severities that is used by RSAP. Normally, the user should not modify these values but there are instructions for adding, deleting and editing these values in the Engineer's Manual if it is necessary. Each row represents the data that describes the severity model for one type of hazard. The columns are:

·     Hazard Name - This is the name of the hazard and is used to uniquely identify the hazard.

·     Type - Hazards may be Point Hazards like trees, Line Hazards like guardrails or area hazards like rollover. RSAP requires different types of information based on on the hazard type.

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