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... Each set addresses the effect of the shoulder width on the potential crash occurrence for the total number of crashes and represents the relative change from using the specific value. Through the expert panel approach, the research team concluded that these AMFs were appropriate and reasonable to use for estimating the effect of the shoulder width on crash occurrence.
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... 4. The research team discovered that there is a lack of uniformity among the various state databases that are available in the HSIS.
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