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Identification of Black Spot Location For Providing Improvement Measures on Selected Stretch of a National Highway in Hyderabad, India

Vijay G*, 0**, M. Kumar***

* PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.

** Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.

*** Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Engineering Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Periodicity:June - August'2017
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.7.3.13605

Abstract

Transportation facilities are the mainstay for any economic progress in country's development. However, presently highways are the biggest hazard to the world as they account for a major number of road accidents. Repetitive crashes at any location on the road are known as blackspots. These can be due to numerous crash causative and geometric factors and is not an arbitrary occurrence. An effort is made to identify these blackspots on NH 44 over a 40 km stretch and audit studies were conducted at the blackspot locations. Audit study is a procedure for evaluating crash prospective, safety performance, rehabilitation of existing pavement, and maintenance of highways. The prime objective of an audit study is to identify the problems of a highway project by conducting the site inspection and collecting data from various agencies. The designer or client then studies the recommendations and a decision is made whether or not to implement the suggested safety amendments. With the aim of decreasing the escalating road accidents, the current study aids in evaluating the black-spot locations on the highway where the major road crashes occur. Accident data for the preceding five years (2011-2015) on NH 44 was collected from a secondary source in terms of time, km range, nature of accidents, road condition, and causes of crash. This data is analysed using accident severity method for identification of black-spot locations. These identified black-spot locations are ranked according to the severity of occurrence. Audit studies were conducted at black-spot locations for accomplishing advanced measures to diminish the causes of road accidents.

Keywords

Audit Study, Blackspot, Crash, Highway

How to Cite this Article?

Vijay, G., Ramesh, A., Kumar, M. (2017). Identification of Black Spot Location for Providing Improvement Measures on Selected Stretch of a National Highway in Hyderabad, India. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 7(3), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.7.3.13605

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Identification of Black Spot Location For Providing Improvement Measures on Selected Stretch of a National Highway in Hyderabad, India

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