Analysis of Road Accidents on NH-1 between RD 98km to 148km

Publication date: Available online 30 April 2016 Source:Perspectives in Science Author(s): Gourav Goel, S.N. Sachdeva The present study deals with the characteristics and trend of road accidents on a selected stretch of NH-1 between RD 98km to 148km. Four year road accident data from 2007-2010 of 50km long stretch was collected which includes the period when construction of 6-laning project started on NH-1. The paper also brings forth the result of widening project on road accidents. The data was analyzed to identify cause of accidents, nature of accidents and type of injury, type of vehicles involved and time of accidents. The widening project has resulted in tremendous increase in number of accidents on the road. Maximum accidents fall in the category of non-injury type (49%). Serious injury type accidents are found to be more than fatal accidents. Findings show that head on/rear end collisions, caused mainly due to overspeeding/driver's fault account for 46% of the accidents. It is seen that trucks/canter/buses are found involved in maximum number of accidents (42%). The day time accidents are found to be more than night time accidents. This paper presents the data analysis, improvement measures and conclusions recommendations to reduce road accidents on NH-1

Source: Perspectives in Science - April 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: research