Passenger Car Units (PCU) Analysis

Name of Road :

Length : 6.5 Km

S.no Type of Vehicle PCU Factor ADT PCU

1 Motor Cycle Or Scooter 0.50 249 124.50

2 Cars, Jeeps,Vans 1.00 4707 4707.00

3 Light Commercial Vehicle 1.50 48 72.00

4 Truck or Bus 3.00 44 132.00

5 Truck-trailor, Agricultural Tractor-Trailer 4.50 29 130.50

6 Cycles 0.50 26 13.00

7 Cycle Rickshaw 2.00 0 0.00

8 Hand Cart 3.00 19 57.00

9 Horse Drawn Vehicle 4.00 17 68.00

10 Bullock Cart 8.00 0 0.00

Total 5304.00

Recommended Lane Width = 5.5 m

8. Base Year Traffic Volume
Month & Year of Traffic Volume
Motorised Traffic Non Motorised traffic
Days Cars, Motorise Light Trucks Agricultural Tractors Trailers Buses Cycles Cycle Drawn Vehicle
Jeep, d two Commercial L U OL L U OL L U OL Rickshaw Hand drawn Num.Tyre
Vans, Wheelers Vechicle a d
Three
Day 1 Wheelers
4603 246 49 17 17 15 14 7 7 23 0 19 17
Day 2 4734 253 54 15 15 14 13 3 3 31 0 20 16
Day 3 4784 248 41 19 19 16 15 5 4 24 0 18 18
Average 4707 249 48 17 17 15 14 5 5 26 0 19 17
ADT in the year of Traffic Count= 5077
Growth rate adopted (%)= 6% Base Year Traffic AADT (T)= 6328
Design life= 10 Years
Number of harvesting Seasons= 1 75 days
Value of (n) assumed= 1

AADT at the time of opening the road to traffic after 2 Years = 7111

Proportion of HCV and MVC out of ADT at the time of opening the road to traffic
HCV Laden = 31
MCV Laden = 21

HCV Unladen = 30
MCV Unladen = 20

VDF for HCV VDF for MCV

Laden = 2.86 Laden = 0.34
Unladen = 0.31 Unladen = 0.02

No. Of Commercial Vehicles:

To = 105.07

Cumulative ESAL applications over 10 Years @ 6% growth rate. = 505503

Cumulative ESAL= 505503

Traffic Category= T6
Sl. No. Type of Vehicle Day-1 Day-2 Day-3 Average

1 Car, Jeep, Van 4603 4734 4784 4707

Light Commercial
2 Vehicles 49 54 41 48
3 Scooters/Motorbikes 246 253 248 249
4 Bus / Minibus 14 6 9 10
5 Trucks 34 30 38 34
6 Tractors with trailer 15 14 16 15
7 Tractor without trailer 14 13 15 14
8 Cycles 23 31 24 26
Cycle Rickshaw / Hand
9 Cart 0 0 0 0
10 Horse cart / Bullock Cart 17 16 18 17
11 Pedestrian 130 137 150 139
Total commercial vehicle per day
77 63 78 72.7
(cvpd)
Total motorised vehicle per day 4975 5104 5151 5076.6666667

ADT in the year of Traffic Count= 5077

Growth rate adopted (%)= 6% Base Year Traffic AADT (T)= 6328
Design life= 10 Years
Number of harvesting Seasons= 1 75 days
Value of (n) assumed= 1

AADT at the time of opening the road to traffic after 2 Years = 7111

Proportion of HCV and MVC out of ADT at the time of opening the road to traffic
HCV Laden = 31
MCV Laden = 21

HCV Unladen = 30
MCV Unladen = 20

VDF for HCV VDF for MCV

Laden = 2.86 Laden = 0.34
Unladen = 0.31 Unladen = 0.02

No. Of Commercial Vehicles:

To = 104.97

Cumulative ESAL applications over 10 Years @ 6% growth rate. = 505025

Cumulative ESAL= 505025

Traffic Category= T6