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1.INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 2
1.1 ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN INDIA ................................................................................................ 2
1.2 SCENARIO IN ODISHA ................................................................................................................... 5
2.OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................... 8
2.1 NEED OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................ 8
2.3 PROJECT BACKGROUND: ............................................................................................................. 9
2.4 AUDIT STAGES: ............................................................................................................................... 9
STAGE 2: DETAILED DESIGN STAGE: ........................................................................................ 10
3. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT: .............................................................................................. 11
3.1 BUILT-UP AREAS: ......................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 JUNCTION LIST.............................................................................................................................. 11
3.3 CURVE LIST.................................................................................................................................... 13
4.ROAD SAFETY AUDIT DURING DESIGN STAGE- ......................................................................... 15
4.1METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH- ........................................................................................... 15
4.2 RISK ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY CONCERNS AND PRIORITIZATION OF SUGGESTED
RECOMMENDATIONS-....................................................................................................................... 16
Table:4.1 CRITERIA FOR RISK ASSESSMENT ............................................................................. 16
Table:4.2 ASSIGNING PRIORITY LEVEL FOR SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS ........... 16
4.3 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT OBSERVATIONS &FINDINGS ............................................................ 17
4.4 DESIGN STAGE RSA FINDINGS FOR NH-26 FROM KM 4.900 TO KM.167.900 ................... 18
5 Action plan – ............................................................................................................................................ 35
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1.INTRODUCTION
Transportation is the backbone for economic development for any country. Road transportation
is the major component of the transport sector in India. It occupied an important place in the
economy because of the unique characteristics and distinct features even connecting interior
places for the movement of people and goods. In the last three decades, India experienced rapid
growth in road network by increasing road length to 3.3 million km. At the same time, the vehicle
population of India has also increased with a growth of 11% per annum. As the growth of vehicles
and other infrastructural facilities are rapidly increasing, road safety situation of India is
worsening day by day. According to WHO statistics of 2002, about 11.8 lakhs people die every
year in road accidents, the world over, of which 84,674 deaths are reported to take place in India.
In 2004 the number of deaths had increased to 92,618. The mortality rate in India is 8.7 per
hundred thousand of population as compared to 5.6 in UK 5.4 in Sweden, 5.0 in The Netherlands
and 6.7 in Japan. In terms of mortality per 10,000 vehicles, the rate in India is as high as 14 as
compared to less than two in developed countries. The cost of road crashes has been assessed
at one to two per cent of GDP in developed countries. A study by the Planning Commission in
2002 estimated the social cost of road accidents in India at Rs. 55, 000 crores annually (2000
prices), which constitutes about 3% of the GDP (Report of the Committee on Road Safety and
Traffic Management, February 2007).
• National Highways constitute 2%, and State Highways 3% of the total road length. Project
Roads, account for 7% of the total road length, and include roads built by various state
departments such as forest, irrigation, electricity, public sector undertakings such as Steel
Authority of India, and the Border Roads Organization.
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Since 2000, while road network in the country has grown by 39%, the number of registered
vehicles has grown by about 158%. While growth in road network will be limited (due to physical
constraints), a constant increase in the number of vehicles on roads may lead to congestion and
road fatalities.
Fig 1.1: Statistics of road accidents in year 2018 in different roads of India
• The number of road accidents per lakh population has been increasing since 1970s, with
an 84% increase from 1980 to 1990.
• Across states, Goa had the maximum share in total road accidents/ lakh population in
2015 for the fourth year in a row (222 accidents/ lakh persons). This was followed by
Kerala (110 accidents/ lakh persons), and Tamil Nadu (100 accidents/ lakh persons).
In terms of accident fatalities, Tamil Nadu had the highest share in 2018 (23 fatalities/ lakhs
persons) followed by Haryana (18 fatalities/ lakh persons), and Karnataka (18 fatalities/ lakhs
persons).
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Fig 1.2: Share of number of road accidents per lakh of population in states of India
In 2018, 17.5% of all road accidents occurred between 15:00 hours and 18:00 hours, followed by
17.3% between 18:00 hours to 21:00 hours. This may be attributed to more vehicles present on
roads during these hours (peak traffic hours).
• In 2018, the maximum number of fatalities were seen in the age group of 18 to 34 (50%),
followed by the age group of 35-64 years (36%).
The World Health Organization has noted that road accidents are a major public health problem
as crashes kill more than 1.25 million people and injure about 50 million people a year, with 90%
of such casualties occurring in developing countries like India.
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The state of Odisha is ranked the 14thhighest amongst all the 29 states in India in terms of total
number of road crashes numbering 10,542 in 2015 as per the data published by the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highway (MoRT&H) and thereby for 2.1 % of the total road crashes in the
country. Similarly, the state also occupied 14th position in terms of number of road crash
victims/fatalities in the country contributing for about 2.94% in the year 2015. Fig 1.4 and 1.5
depict the share of state as well as Union Territory wise road crashes and fatalities for the year 2015
respectively.
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Due to the increment in rate of road accidents day by day, it is highly necessary to access the
safety features on the road networks, then improving the roads by providing appropriate road
safety action plans for the road sections/locations which face frequent road accidents.The EPC
agreement for the project road requires the Road Safety Audit to be carried out for confirming
the Project Highway with Safety Requirements and Good Industry Practice.
A Safety audit was carried out for 2 days along the project corridor to analyze the safety
deficiency for Road Users, Pedestrian and Non-Motorized Transport. The audit covered Day time
as well as Nighttime Visibility of the Road Elements.
2.2 BACKGROUND
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The project is Periodic Renewal from km142/620 to km159/280 of NH-26 on EPC Mode. The
Project is started at Kesinga bus stand at CH 142/620 of NH 26 and terminates at near Chancher
at CH 159/280 . Proposed cross section of the entire length is 7.0 mtr Carriageway + 1.5 mtr (both
Side) Paved shoulder + 1.5 mtr (Both Side ) earthen shoulder i.e Total 13.0 Mtr Formation width..
The highway commences in flat urban area and leads to rural area and it was selected for periodic
Renewal by adopting principle of EPC Mode by Odisha works Department. The project corridor
starts at Km. 142/620 to159/280. For the purpose of project execution under the above model,
OWD had appointed M/s. Shivam Condev Pvt.Ltd
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This Audit stage occurs while preparing the plan and profile. Typically considerations include
Geometric Layout, Pavement Making, Signals, Lighting, Road Signs and Intersection Details
Clearance to road side object and provision for Vulnerable roads.
Name of The Project : Detailed Design Stage Audit of “Periodic Renewal From Km-
142/620 to 159/280 Km of NH-26 for the year 2019-2020 in the
state of Odisha on EPC Mode”
EPC Contractor : SHIVAM CONDEV PVT. LTD
RSA Auditor : CRAPTS, Bhubaneswar.
Team Members :
Sl No Team Name Designation
Mr Pradeep Kumar Samantray Executive Engineer
1 Rep Authority
Mr Arun Pandey Asst Executive Engineer
Mr Umakanta Pani Sr RSA-cum- Team Leader
Mr Arun Kumar sethi RSA Team Member
2 RSA Team Mr Ashmeet Pradhan RSA Team Member
Mr Sanjib kumar Mishra RSA Team Member
Mr Sudhanshu Jena GM-ARSS
3 Rep of EPC Contractor
Mr Ratnakar Barik Project Manager
Dates Of Audit :
Sl No Activities Dates Responsibility
- RSA Team
1 Holding of Commencement Meeting 4th Oct 2020 - Rep EPC Contractor
- Rep of Authority
4th Oct 2020- 5th - RSA Team
2 Inspection of Site Oct 2020 (Day - Rep EPC Contractor
& Night Time) - Rep of Authority
- RSA Team
Commencement of Meting after site
3 5th Oct 2020 - Rep EPC Contractor
Visit
- Rep of Authority
7th Oct 2020 to - RSA Team
4 Writing of Audit report
10th Oct 2020
- RSA Team
11th Oct 2020
5 Holding of Completion Meeting - Rep EPC Contractor
- Rep of Authority
Deciding the Way forward and - Rep EPC Contractor
6 -
implementing of recommendations - Rep of Authority
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Sl Chainage
No Starting Ending
1 143/460 3/620
2 4/600 5/000
3 7/780 8/190
4 12/400 13/500
1 142.840 x -
2 143.190 x -
3 143.629 Y LHS
4 144.040 Y LHS
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5 144.100 Y RHS
6 144.240 T LHS
7 144.550 T LHS
8 145.080 Y LHS
9 145.420 X -
10 146.010 X -
11 146.700 X -
12 147.720 X -
13 147.960 X -
14 148.230 X -
15 148.620 Y LHS
16 149.180 X -
17 150.520 Y RHS
18 151.220 Y RHS
19 151.400 T LHS
20 152.520 X -
21 153.300 X -
22 153.570 T LHS
23 154.680 Y RHS
24 155.720 Y RHS
25 157.010 X -
26 158.440 X -
27 158.680 Y LHS
28 159.000 Y LHS
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Chainage(M)
Design super
Curve Transition
Radius(M) speed elevation
no. Start End length(m)
(kmph) (%)
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Road safety audit is a formal examination of a road project or traffic project or any project which
interacts with road users, in which an Authority, qualified team report on the project accident
potential and safety performance.
Road safety is a Multi-sectorial & Multi-dimensional issue. It incorporates the development and
management of road infrastructure, provision for safer vehicles, legislations and law
enforcements etc.
RSA in the process of evaluation of road schemes to identify the potential safety hazards which
may affect any type of road user, before the scheme is opened to traffic, and to suggest the
measures to eliminate or mitigate those problems. The need for RSA is more for accident
prevention (and in certain cases towards lessening the nature and quantum of punishment that
could be fall a user making an error).
In other words, RSA is not a way of rating a project of and is not a check of compliance with
available standards. The theme of RSA is in the ability to check a design for its fitness for purpose.
• Analysis of Vulnerable location, setting guidelines for safety interaction with client
agency, Authority Engineer,
• Check the design adequacy towards meeting the desired safety norms.
• Objectively analyze the observations as gathered in respective checklists and
specify the short comings, if any
• Suggest remedial / mitigation measures so as to finally ensure “safer people, safer
vehicle and safer environment”,
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To carry out the safety audit of the existing project corridor, the methodology adopted to conduct
RSA is presented by as follows.
• The detailed design drawing taken from the EPC Contractor
• Drawing Analysis
• Data collection from site (During Day time and Night time)
• Data Analysis and Interpretation of the field data
• Assessment of safety situations and comparison with standard.
• Recommendation and remedial measures based on the study.
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4.4 DESIGN STAGE RSA FINDINGS FOR NH-26 FROM KM 4.900 TO KM.167.900
KM-143+560
Risk: High
Description: Junction
Priority: Highly desirable
Recommendation:
Major junction shall develop for smooth flow of traffic, Traffic control devices shall be installed during
construction stage.
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KM-145+560
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KM-146+260
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KM-146+620
Risk: High
Description: Tree branches are creating obstruction in the carriageway
Priority: Highly Desirable
Recommendation:
Branches of the tree need to be cut in order to maintain specified height (5mtr ) clearance.
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KM-147+640
Risk: High
Description: Retro Reflective Sheet were not pasted on tree near to carriageway/ shoulder is hazardous
for user at night
Priority: Desirable
Recommendation:
Tree/ Object near to shoulder shall be pasted Retro Reflective Sheet to increase visibility at night and
enhance safety of the user.
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KM-148.330
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KM-148+580
Risk: Medium
Description: Excessive growth of vegetation on the shoulder blocking visibility of any form of
traffic/pedestrian
Priority: Desirable
Recommendation:
Over grown bushes on shoulder need to clear for unrestricted traffic flow during construction of surface
layer .
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KM-149+060
Risk:Medium
Description: Excessive growth of vegetation on the shoulder blocking visibility of any form of
traffic/pedestrian
Priority: Desirable
Recommendation:
Bush cutting required for clear sight distance
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KM-152+080
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KM-153+160
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KM-153+660
Risk: Medium
Description: Excessive growth of vegetation on the shoulder blocking visibility of any form of
traffic/pedestrian
Priority: Desirable
Recommendation:
Bush cutting required for clear sight distance
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KM-154+960
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KM-155+960
Risk:Medium
Description: Excessive growth of vegetation on the shoulder blocking visibility of any form of
traffic/pedestrian
Priority: Desirable
Recommendation:
Bush cutting required for clear sight distance
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KM-156+160
Risk: High
Description: Settlements of Bridge Approaches.
Priority: Highly Desirable
Recommendation:
Settlement of Bridge approaches shall rectify through Profile Corrective Course
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KM-148+800
Dotted line shows location where
chevron and warning signboard shall
install.
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KM-149+503
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5 Action plan –
A team of Road Safety conducted an exhaustive chainage wise Design Stage audit based on the
design drawings supplied by the EPC Contractor. The action plan devised from this audit is
summarized below:
➢ It is observed that at vulnerable stretches like school and health care areas, most of
the sign boards are not installed yet. Warning/ Informatory sign boards (School/
Health care ahead, speed limit, rumbles and no horn), transverse bar marking and
Zebra crossing have to be provided as per IRC 67-2012 and IRC-35-2015 respectively.
➢ From the above cited site visit it is observed that Some of the approaches of culverts
are settled at different, that should be rectified with Profile corrective course.
➢ On existing road at few curves super elevation is not maintained properly as per new
plan and profile 7% super elevation is given.
➢ As per EPC agreement and clause 9.5 of IRC:SP:73-2018 stop lines, centre lines and
both edge of the curve shall have 2978 nos. of road studs.
***EoR***
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