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    This road safety audit document identifies several key factors contributing to road accidents in India. It notes that over 1.5 lakh people die annually from accidents, with vulnerable road users like motorcyclists and pedestrians being particularly at risk. Intersection design, sight lines, speed limits, and roadside development all impact safety. The document advocates for road audits at the planning phase to help minimize accidents and their high economic costs in India.

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    This road safety audit document identifies several key factors contributing to road accidents in India. It notes that over 1.5 lakh people die annually from accidents, with vulnerable road users like motorcyclists and pedestrians being particularly at risk. Intersection design, sight lines, speed limits, and roadside development all impact safety. The document advocates for road audits at the planning phase to help minimize accidents and their high economic costs in India.

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    This road safety audit document identifies several key factors contributing to road accidents in India. It notes that over 1.5 lakh people die annually from accidents, with vulnerable road users like motorcyclists and pedestrians being particularly at risk. Intersection design, sight lines, speed limits, and roadside development all impact safety. The document advocates for road audits at the planning phase to help minimize accidents and their high economic costs in India.

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    Road Accident Characteristics

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    This road safety audit document identifies several key factors contributing to road accidents in India. It notes that over 1.5 lakh people die annually from accidents, with vulnerable road users like motorcyclists and pedestrians being particularly at risk. Intersection design, sight lines, speed limits, and roadside development all impact safety. The document advocates for road audits at the planning phase to help minimize accidents and their high economic costs in India.

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    ROAD SAFETY AUDIT

    Prepared by – Amir Ali Khan


    Road Accident Characteristics
    • Accident severity increases day by day.
    • Mostly accident on unregulated intersection ( on
    priority intersection).
    • Mostly deaths at minor intersection.
    • VRUs ( Vulnerable Road users) die frequently.
    • VRUs – Motorcyclist, bicyclist, pedestrian etc.
    • More than 1.5 lac people die annually in our
    country.
    • No. of injured people annually in accidents are
    more than 3 times of fatalities.
    Cont...
    • Dinesh Mohan ( IIT professor) wrote a paper
    named as “Politics of Mobility”.
    • 78% accidents are due to road user fault as
    per govt data as per FIR. ( FIRs are subjected
    to misleading)
    Cont...
    • More than 3% of GDP losses annually due to accidents
    in India.
    • Budget of higher education is around 1-2% in India. If
    somehow govt can reduce or minimize accidents,
    increase in higher education budget is possible.
    • Audit at planning phase – it does not involve any major
    cost.
    • Forgiving Roads
    • Visualisation of road user and to check design of road
    keeping in view needs of different road user and their
    safety is the duty of auditor
    Intersection Safety
    • Depends on –
    1. Sign
    2. Sight distance
    3. Layout should be clear
    4. Turning radius
    5. Lighting
    6. Extra widening
    7. Enforcement
    8. Pedestrian safety
    9. etc
    Cont...
    • Round about is designed on the basis of weaving
    conflict.
    • Influence of an intersection on each side is 75 m
    • Crash barrier provision if embankment is 3 m or
    more than 3 m high at curves.
    • Ghost Island – only island marking is there.
    • Height of Island on Intersection –
    1. 15 – 20 cm accordingly. Generally 15 cm at public
    places.
    2. Provision of ramp or cut for wheel chaired person at
    island at location of hospital.
    Cont...
    • At rotary intersection –
    entry radius is less than exit radius
    • At signalised intersection - rear end collision. To reduce these accidents
    – overhead light or signal is provided.
    – Stop line should be there.
    – Pedestrian crossing should be ahead of stop line.
    • Flyover-
    – Minimum clearance of 5.5 m from overhead wires.
    – Gradient
    – Sight distance
    – No footpath should be there.
    • Table top or raised cross walk - . To ensure safety of pedestrian.
    . To reduce the speed.
    Gradient at minor road merging to major road or highway should not be more than
    2%. Higher gradient will lead to increased number of casualties.
    Left turn is never a problem. Right turning always cause problem. Case 1 is better for right
    turning traffic because in case of 2nd case, conflict area will be much more
    Safety of Segments
    It depends on the following factors –
    • Sight distance at curves
    • Encroachment / road side development
    • Median opening
    • Shoulder – 1. Paved ( preferable) 2. unpaved
    • Crash barriers
    • Embankment side slops
    • Road side hazards
    • Signs –
    Stretch between two intersection is
    1. Size
    2. Colourisation
    called segment.
    3. Night visibility
    4. Definition plate
    5. Multiplicity of signs
    6. Variable message sign.

    • Road side environment – monotony should not be there


    Speed
    Higher speed factors-
    • Impact energy and momentum at the time of
    impact
    • Control of vehicle
    • Pot holes...etc
    • Skidding of curves
    • Vision
    • Friction
    • Sight distance
    • Assessment of gap in traffic.

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