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RESEARCH
ON
ROAD CRASH AND TRAFFIC OFFICE SCENARIO
WITHIN KATHMANDU VALLEY

SUBMITTED BY:

Prakash kalathoki

Sanjaya aryal

Sanjaya kumar shah

Pramod sahani

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

TALCHIKHEL, LALITPUR

DECEMBER 15, 2016

BACKGROUND
The history of road accident in Nepal that it has
goined momentum in the past 10 years. Rate of population is
increasing day by day. Along with increase in population rate of
demand is also increases,similarly considerable growth in the
private and public vehicles. As a result people have been facing a
number of problems ; poor traffic management,pedestrian
vulnerability to accident .In Kathmandu more than 700,000
motorized vehicles are in operation. in present context road
accident become one of the major problem. The accident rate is
increasing rapidely . it is become very much necessary to reduce
the road accident in nepal

METHODOLOGY

During the research study the researchers visited some slected

location in Kathmandu valley Gausala,Chabahil oralo,Rato
pul,Bankali pindala isthan,purano baneshwor , taking samples of
vehicles and interviewing people of different fields (traffic
police,pedestrians,drivers,passangers etc..) and requested to fill
questionares ,

Objectives of study
Following are the major objectives of study:

To study various causes of road accidents and suggest remedial measures at

the potential location.
 To locate the accident black spot in the potential area and giving awareness
to the pedestrians and driver.
To manage the condition of parking as the on street parking is one of the
leading causes of accidents.
To suggest the proper design and provide economic justification for the
improvement.
To evaluate the existing design condition of the area.
To analyze the year wise accident data of area to find out the rate of
accidents.

DATA ANALYSIS

No of vehicle accident in month

No of vehicle accident
month Truck Bus Car Tempo Motor Other
bike
Sharwa 13 10 42 08 26 01
n
Bhadra 15 09 31 03 29 02
Asoj 13 05 41 00 24 01
Kartik 04 07 24 02 14 00

1) total 100 accident occurred in sharwan month in which 18

male, 6 female and 2 child were ordinarily injured , 1 male and 1 female
died

2) total 114 accident occurred in bhadra month in which 22 male ,14 female and 2
child were ordinarily injured

3) total 84 accident occurred in Asoj month in which 16 male ,7 female and 1 child
were commonly injured

4) total 51 accident occurred in kartik month in which 10 male,8 female and 5

child were commonly injured
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NO. OF VEHICLES INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON THE BASIS

OF CATEGORY

45

40

35

30 TRUCK
BUS
25
Car
20 Tempo
MOTORBIKE
15
Other
10

0
SHRAWAN BHADRA ASHWIN KARTIK

From above data maximum accident occurs in car and motor bike followed by truck and bus. So
generally, Car and Motorbikes are more porn to accident causing fatalities
Recommendation

there is an increase in accident immediately after completion of

the widening of road and decrease in the successive years. this is
because of unfamiliarity among drivers with the increased design
speed and unchanged behavior of pedestrians. the rate of
accident is decreasing after passage of some time as a result of
awareness program conducted by the project office and media
partners focusing safety of school children, bike riders, drivers
and pedestrians. sloping towards chawhil, way to the purano
baneshwor and near ratopul are the sections with higher number
of accidents. main contributing factors of road accidents in this
road are: carelessness, over speeding, defective vehicle, drink
driving and overtaking. age is another major cause of accidents;
25 - 34 years age group is found to be the vulnerable group
(41%). accidents corresponding afternoon hours (12:00-15:59) are
the highest (35%). motorbikes major mode of transportation is
involved in accidents (45.5%). the reason being motorcycles
consists of more than

half number of total vehicle plying in this section and major

violation of traffic rule being made by them. males involvement
in road accidents is higher than females corresponds to the
higher males who are involvement in outdoor works along with
their more aggressive nature. nearly 75% males are died.
following recommendations are made to ensure the traffic safety
along the gaushala area.
1. stringent enforcement of the provisions of the vtma for traffic
rule violators. continue and promote drunken driving testing
drive.
2. priorities for behavioral changes by immediate actions such as
road campaigns and visual demonstrations. conduct awareness
and training program for drivers to raise the level of
understanding and skills.
3. installation of traffic signs in each section and grade separated
intersections at gaushala, airport, purano baneshwor and ratopul
intersection.

Conclusion

Skilled human resource, proper plan and working modality,

availability of necessary fund, adequate legal provision and its
enforcement, awareness in all road users and proper coordination
are the essentials of road safety management.
National Road Safety Action Plan 2013-20 has already been
approved by the Government. The existing NRSC will be
revitalized with higher authority to delegate and implement its
various activities. To give it a legal standing, this council will be
backed with the necessary Act. This council will have the power to
delegate all the stakeholders and request regular reporting
required for monitoring the road-safety interventions. The council
should be headed at the ministerlevel as it ensures higher priority
that the council activities demands in terms of budget provisions
and manpower resources allocations. It is anticipated that all the
stakeholders act in a coordinated way to enhance the road safety
in the country.
Photo : accident in Kathmandu valley
 Group photo in front of traffic
police office