International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 02 | Feb -2017
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Identification of Accident Black Spots on NH-65 (Chaudhriwas, Hisar to Hisar City) Sunny Tawar1, Sachin Dass2 1Assistant
Manager, Traffic and Transportation Department, Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., A-8 & A-9, Green Park, New Delhi. India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Sonipat, Haryana, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract - Road accidents are increasing rapidly in India with the increase in traffic density. Due to which there is a huge loss of life and property. The location of road where the maximum number of accidents occurs is known as a Black Spot.
cent of these casualties are associated with motorcycles and trucks. The most accident-prone time on Indian roads is during the peak hour at afternoon and evening. According to road traffic safety experts, the actual number of casualties may be higher than what is documented, as many traffic accidents go unreported. Moreover, victims who die sometime after the accident, a span of time which may vary from a few hours to several days, are not counted as car accident victims.
This paper deals with the study and to analyze the traffic safety situations in the section from Chaudhriwas, Hisar to Hisar City on NH-65(new NH-52) in the state of Haryana(India) and to identify countermeasures for the stretch so that the total harm caused by the road crashes can be reduced to some extent in future. The stretch of 19.5 kms is taken for study. In this paper, the identification of road accidents and its causes, variations with respect to yearly, monthly, hourly, user type, vehicle, age, seasonal and also the number of black spots by further giving the suggestions and conclusions to reduce the road crashes and to make safer for road users.
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STUDY AREA
National Highway-65 (NH-65) (from Chaudhriwas, Hisar to Hisar City in the state of Haryana i.e. 19.5 kms.) is one of the major national highway starting from Ambala (Haryana to Pali (Rajasthan) as shown in the Fig.-1:-
Key Words: Road Accidents, Fatalities, NH-65 (NH-52), Black Spots, Improvement Measures
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INTRODUCTION
Road accidents are increasing day by day in India, as India is the largest country in the phase of larger number of Accidents in the Worldwide. More than 700 Black spots were identified & analyzed on National Highways across the country in the year 2011 to 2014 according to Ministry Of Road, Transport & Highways (MORTH). The accident rate is much higher in India as compared to the other countries such as USA , Canada, Europe As, there is a huge network of Highways in India but traffic density is also very much high. Indian Literacy percentage is 65% and hence people are less aware of the traffic rules and regulations. These factors have added in increase in road accidents and further increase in the loss of life and property. Traffic collision-related deaths increased from 1.5% in 20014 to 2.5% rises in 2015. More than 40 per
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Impact Factor value: 5.181
(Source: Google Map) Fig. – 1: Stretch under Study
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OBJECTIVE & SCOPE OF THE WORK
The selected stretch is a part of NH-65 which is further named as NH-52. The accident data collected for the last five years from 2011 to 2015 and to derive the improvement measures. The objectives of study include:
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