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1 Introduction
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... Creating an inventory of roadside hardware provides data that supplements the already available crash data. Transportation agencies can effectively improve their understanding of roadside hardware field performance through the conduct of individual ISPEs, the institutionalization of ISPE programs, or as part of their agency asset management program:  Individual ISPEs can be initiated using available crash data.
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... Effective data collection procedures will support a meaningful assessment of the condition and performance of roadside hardware. The objective of this research is to develop a transportation agency data collection methodology and associated guidelines to support individual investigative ISPEs, ISPE Programs, and asset management of roadside safety hardware.
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  • transportation agencies
  • crash data
  • ispe dataset

  • available crash
  • asset management
  • individual ispes
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  • data elements
  • hardware performance
  • roadside safety
  • safety hardware
  • collection techniques

  • field performance
  • performance evaluation
  • support individual
  • nchrp research
  • maintenance situations

  • investigative ispes
  • research report
  • agency data
  • provides data
  • data extraction

  • incorporates data
  • desirable data
  • data assembly
  • data survey
  • include roadside


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