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Due to the rural nature of our county, almost all Kittitas County roads fall under the category "no lighting," so this characteristic was not evaluated further. Additionally, most of the roads have a pavement width of 26' or less, so the evaluation considered only roads that are 24' or less in width to focus on the narrowest roads for safety improvements. The "motorcycle" category was not evaluated further because it is not a road characteristic. In order to have the greatest potential impact in reducing collisions , the County considered roads for evaluation and prioritization for safety improvements with the following characteristics: MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR INCLUDING ROAD SEGMENT IN SAFETY PLAN: • Paved (ACP, HMA, or BST). • Pavement width of 24' or less . • ADT of 175 or more. • Posted speeds of 35 or more. • Collision at this site in the past 4 years . • Roads that have been previously Identified in the County's hazard elimination plan. The county road segments with the characteristics listed above were prioritized using contributing factors identified from the collision data . The prioritization factors and their scores are shown in Table 4. The resulting road segment prior itization is shown in Table 5. TABLE 4 Key Factors and Weighted Scores Item Number Factors and Collision Typ es Score 1 OVERAll CRITERIA MET; Meets minimum criteria and was included In previous hazard elimination pla n 20 Does not meet minImum criteria and was included In prev ious hazard elim. plan 10 Meets mi nimum criteria but not included i n previous haza rd elim ination plan 5 2 INADEQUATE CLEAR ZONE WITH STEEP EMBANKMENT OR DITCHES (NO GUARDRAil) Over 50% of the side slopes are too steep 20 About 10% to 50% of side sl opes too steep 10 At least one section has side slopes too steep 5 3 FIXED OBJECTS IN CLEAR ZONE (FENCE, UTILITY POLES, TREE, MAIL BO)(, ETC.) Over 50% of the road has filled objects in clear z:one 20 About 10% to 50% o rthe road has fixed objects in clear zone 10 At least one section of the road has fixed objects in clear zone 5 4 ROADWAY CURVAllJRE -HORiZONTAL CURVE Over 50% ofthe road Is in a horizontal curve 20 About 10% to 50% of the road is in a horizontal curve 10 At least one section of the road Is In a horizontal curve 5 5 ONE OR MORE FATAL OR SERIOUS INJURY CO W510Ilt(S) -200B THROUGH 2012 15 ea.