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75 <br /> lib <br /> Segment B <br /> Segment B exceeds the respective statewide crash rate for every category and the critical rate for all categories except fatal <br /> crashes(Table 16).The total and non-fatal injury crash rates are both double the respective critical rates, and the night and <br /> run-off road crash rates are close to doubling the respective critical rates.It has the highest crash rate of the segments for <br /> total,wet,and run-off road crashes. <br /> bbbbbbbbbbb4+ .aaaaaaado <br /> Table 16: Segment B Crash Rates <br /> Crashes Statewide Critical <br /> Rate Crashes Per <br /> 100 MVM RateRate z <br /> Total 171 640.92 263.25 316.80 <br /> Fatal 1 3.75 1.32 6.85 <br /> Non-Fatal 55 206.15 73.07 102.17 <br /> Night 44 164.92 57.83 83.92 <br /> Wet 23 86.21 43.32 66.16 <br /> Run-Off Road 35 131.18 45.46 68.81 <br /> 12017-2021 statewide crash rate for 2-lane undivided urban US Routes <br /> 2Based on the statewide crash rate(95%level of confidence) <br /> There are clusters of rear-end and frontal impact crashes as well as a cluster of run-off road crashes in the section with <br /> Mace Road(SR 1384),Buckhorn Road(SR 1114),Shambley Road(SR 1309),and Frazier Rd(SR 1310).Buckhorn Road is <br /> the only signalized intersection between Fifth Street in Mebane and Efland-Cedar Grove Road in Efland.This isolated <br /> traffic signal could be unexpected for drivers, contributing to the frequency of rear end and frontal impact crashes.This <br /> may also contribute to the run-off road crashes in the section if drivers are swerving to avoid rear end collisions. <br /> Buckhorn Road may also have higher turning volumes than expected due to the access it provides to I-85 at a nearby <br /> interchange.This group of intersections in general is surrounded by driveways which may cause the increasing turning <br /> volumes to surprise drivers coming around the curves along both sides of the section,especially with the isolated traffic <br /> signal at Buckhorn Road. <br /> Multiple A-and B-injury frontal impact crashes occurred in this section.A-level injury frontal impact crashes included a <br /> left-turn(same roadway) crash at Shambley Road and an angle crash at Frazier Road.The construction of turn lanes at <br /> Mace Road,Shambley Road,and Frazier Road as well as the restriping of the median to a two-way left-turn lane could <br /> 73 US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study Existing Conditions Report <br />