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TRAFFIC· CENSUS
ON

NON-URBAN ROADS

(First Revision)

THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS

1989

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TRAFFIC CENSUS

ON
NON-URBAN ROADS

(First Revision)

Published by
THE INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS
Ja mn ag ar Ho us e, Sh ah jah an R oad ,
New Delhi-ll
1989

P rice R s. 60 .00
(plus Postage & Packing)

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tac . 9-1972

First published: 1960

TRAFFIC CENSUS ON NON-URBAN ROADS
First Revision: September 1972
Reprinted: May, 1989 1. INTRODUCfION

R ep ri nt ed : July, 2 001 1.1. P er io di c t ra ffi c c en su s a re a v al ua bl e s our ce o f b as ic d ata

for highway planning. As such, these should be a regular feature in
all highway departments.

This Standard was originally published in 1960. The revised

Standard was considered and approved by the Specifications and
Standards Committee in their meeting held on the 18th and 19th
November, 1971 a nd by the Executive Committee in their meeting
held on the .26th a nd 27th April, 1972. Later, it was approved for
publication as the finalised Standard by the Council at their 78th
me et ing h el d a t Na in it al on t he 1 0t h J ul y, 1 97 2.

2. SCOPE

(Rights of Publication and of Translation are reserved) 2.1. Itmanner

in a uniform is desirable that traffic
throughout census operations be carried out
the country.
2. 2 Th e r epe ti ti on o f c en su s o per at io ns , o n t he s ca le r ec om -
m end ed h er e, sh ou ld n or mal ly b e l im it ed t o i mp or ta nt t ru nk r ou te s
like the National Highways, State Highways and Major District
Roads.

3. SE LE CT ION OF CE NSUS POINT S

3 .1 . J ud ic io us l oc at io n o f t ra ff ic c ou nt s ta ti on s i s c ru ci al t o t he
s uc ce ss o f a c en sus p ro gra mm e. Fo r t run k r out es s er vi ng i nt er- ci ty
tr af fi c, i t i s r e lev an t t ha t t he -ce ns us s it es s ho ul d b e f ix ed w el l a way
from all urbanised developments and villages. In particular, sites
within zone of influence of towns where there may be a regular flow
oc foucld
omm
b e uts et
er utpraffforic t hes
m use t zo
b ene
"as.voi de d. I f ne ed b e, a ddi ti on al s ta ti ons

3.2. Every road should be di vi ded i nt o co nv eni en t s ec ti on s,

each carrying approximately similar traffic between points of substan-
t ia l tr af fi c c ha ng e. C oun t st at io ns s ho ul d b e s et u p f or e ac h s ec ti on .
The limits of the sections could generally be the important towns
along the road or major roads intersecting or taking oft' f rom the
highway in question.
Printed at M Is D ee Ka y P rin ter s, N ew Oe lh i- f1 001 5
(500 copies) 1

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6 . COMPIL ATION OF DAT A

I RC : 9 -1 97 2
3 .3 . Si nc e d iv is io n o f t he h ig hw ay i nt o s ec ti on s an d fi xa ti on o f 6.1. A form for daily tram .
Information in this sheet should ~e summ~r~ I; shown at Plate II.
census points for them are decisions of lasting significance, these
sheets. The highest peak hour traffi C<?mpI rom the field data
should be taken at a senior level in each highway department after
slow vehicles may be highlighted . c~n the day for fast as well as
considering the traffic pattern along the entire route. e
a fi rm l ine i n r ed a ro un d t he f ig ur esl ?n tt h esummary. sheets
appropriate by drawing
column.
3.4 Every subsequent census should be taken at the same
locations. New stations could, of course, be added as and when 6.2. The information colle t d i 1 .
should be transferred to the week~ e t I O f f i t re dally summary sheets
needed. Plate III. The avera dail Y ra c s ummary form shown at
determined and indica~:d i!1thet;pa~~ for
provi!dhedw;ek sl1(~uldthen
e lor that be
10 the form.

4. FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF CENSUS

6.3. The daily and weekly tr ffi .
4.1.
Traffic should be counted at each point at least twice every i n qu ad ru pl ic at e s o t ha t o ne co py a c ~~ dbm a~ les s ~o ul d be prepa~ed
year. One count should be taken during the peak season of harvest- Engineer incharge of maintenance of th e dept d y the Executive
sent to the planning division at th h e roa an the other copies
ing and marketing and the other during the lean season. Each time
the count should be made for a full week spread over 7 consecutive would remit this information to th : o~:dquarte~s office which in turn
Roads Wing of the Ministr of Shi - . er agencies concerned, e.g., the
days and 24 hours of each day. N at io na l H ig hw ay s. T he yf ie ld d ~P lOg ha nd T ra ns por t i n t he c as e o f
4 .2 . Tr af fic c en su s s ho ul d n ot ge ne ral ly en co mp as s a bn orm al permanent record for at least five ye~r:' eets should be preserved as
c ond it io ns o f t ra ffi c l ik e a f ai r o r e xh ibi ti on . I n su ch c as es , t he c ou nt
i n t he a re a sh ou ld b e p ost po ned b y a f ew da ys t il l n orm al cy r et ur ns . s hO UI :' ~ a ~: c~ ~~ e~ m th apnmdicating the location of the census site
o e tra c summary sheets.

5 . R EC OR DI NG O F DA TA

5.1. For the purpose of counts, a day could be divided into

three shifts of 8 hours each and separate enumerators with a super-
vi so r a ss ig ne d f or e ac h s hi ft . E nu me ra tor s s ho ul d b e l it era te p er so ns
with preferably middle or matriculation level qualification. It m ay
be worth-while to specially train supervisors to go round from one
census point to the next and initiate the other staff new to this kind
of work.
5.2. Recording should be done for each direction of travel sepa-
rately. For this it will be necessary to divide staff for every shift
into two parties.
: >.3. A fi el d d at a s he et f or m fo r t he ma nu al r eco rd ing o fh ou dy
flows is given in Plate I. Before start of enumetation, it s hou ld b e
e ns ur ed b y t he s upe rv is or s t ha t t he i nf or ma tio n i n t he f or m a t t he t op
is duly filled in by the enumerators.
5.4. In each hourly column, the traffic should be recorded by
m ak in g t al ly ma rk s i n t he f iv e-d as h s yst em ( ve rt ica l st ro ke s f -or t he
f irs t f ou r v eh ic les , f ol lo we d b y an ob li que s tr ok e f or t he f if th v eh ic le
so as to depict a total of five). Hourly totals should be made at the
en d of th e s hi ft . 3
2

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