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Determination of Road Safety Index for Urban Road Section of Rajkot City
Authors Name:
Mr. Yogen Suryakant Nathwani
, Dr. Yogesh U. Shah
Unique Id:
IJSDR1605013
Published In:
Volume 1 Issue 5, May-2016
Abstract:
Road Safety Audit is concerned with assessing safety performance and accident potentiality of a road during construction or existing road. Rapid urbanization has led to increase in the number of road accidents occurring on urban roads. This scenario especially in India needs to be dealt with at the earliest because urban population would reach about 600 million by 2031. Rajkot is a major city in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. In this study, one urban arterial road sections viz. 150’ Ring Road is selected for carrying out Urban Road Safety Audit. The section on ring road is provided with BRTS corridor. Ring road is four lane divided road and comprises of 5 four leg intersections and 14 roundabouts. Accident data were collected for past 5 years from respective police stations. The black spots were identified for both the sections. Speed data was collected with radar gun and volume count was done manually with electronic counters for morning and evening peak hours. Urban Road Safety Audit Toolkit (2013) published by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India was adopted for preparation of checklists. Various indicators utilised for preparation of checklists were speed, footpath & pedestrian accessibility, cyclist accessibility, lighting, signage, motorised vehicle safety and intersections. Based on the checklists the scores for each section were calculated and recommendations for increasing the safety are suggested.
"Determination of Road Safety Index for Urban Road Section of Rajkot City", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.1, Issue 5, page no.59 - 62, May-2016, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR1605013.pdf
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Publication Details:
Published Paper ID: IJSDR1605013
Registration ID:160270
Published In: Volume 1 Issue 5, May-2016
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
Page No: 59 - 62
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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