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Road Characteristics

Pavement Characteristics
The design of bends

The design of junctions


Narrow bridges and culvert

Bus-Stops

Roadside activities

Connection to the existing road network

Roadside hazards

Emergency service facilities

Safety at specific time


Building and surrounding characteristics

Others
Indicators
Roadway width
Shoulder Width
Trees on the median
Traffic signs
Sign locations
Sign Readability
Signal timing
Reflective Sign
Median
People standing on the road near bus stand
Type of road
Speed of traffic
Volume of traffic (vehicles/day)
Speed Bumps
Hard Shoulder
Road markings
Onstreet parking
Street lighting
Manhole Cover
Sight distance
U turns
Overtaking facilities
Vehicle type restrictions
Plans showing service/utility lines
Overtaken tendency
Existence and width of shoulders or emergency stopping lane
Surveillance camera
Separate path for pedestrians, cyclists, and bikers
safe landing area
Restricted entrance of non-standard vehicles
appropriate headway
clearly define carriageway
Drainage
Vulnerable Road Users
Sidewalk
Crossing guard
Driving vehicles on footpath
Height of footpath
Width of footpath
Cleanliness and maintenance of footpath
Provision of amenities in footpath
Provision for disability friendly infrastructure
Sidewalk ramp (mounting)
‘Walkable’ area for walking, cycling
Street furniture
Surface roughness
Sight distance
Radius of bend
Superelevation of bend
Speed of traffic of bend
Widening of the bend
Crash barrier of bend
Vertical curve of bend
Road markings of bend
Divider of bend
Street lighting of bend
Road surface of bend
Drainage of bend
Advance signs (bend)
Junction activities (bend)
Delineation of the bend
Transition curve (bend)
Use of correct types of kerbs (avoid barrier kerbs)
Footways for pedestrians (bend)
Non-motorised vehicles (bend)
Direction sign
Roundabouts
Advance junction warning
Identify conflicts
Right turning accidents
Road surface on the approaches to the junction
Road markings
Street lighting
Pedestrians
Bus stops
Parking
Slow moving vehicles
Road side activities
Drainage
Unnecessary road connections-access points
Pavement condition
Landscapping
Channelization
Warning signs
Speed change lane
Slope
Zebra-crossing
Pedestrian Facilities
Foot over bridge
audible signal
Traffic signals
Warning signs
Speed reduction
Increase conspicuity of bridge approach at night
Forward visibility
Barrier
Pedestrian facilities
provision to walk on footpath
reflector
hazard sign
safe end of bridge
railing of bridge
NMV
Locations for bus stops Identify
Busbay sign
extra lane
business activity
School Zones
Hierarchy
Visibility obstruction element on/beside roads
Pedestrians
Accident history
Signs
Structures
Steel Poles
Trees
Lamp columns
Crash barriers
impact attenuators
Roadside deep ditches high embankment
Fire hydrants
Fire escape
Workers aware of the fire escape plan
Ramp in Fire Exit
Emergency lighting
Emergency generator

Bus loading and drop-off zones (clearly defined)


drop-off and pick-up area (clearly defined)
Stopping for three wheelers, cycle, rickshaws
Height of shrubs and tree limbs
not secured entrances/exits
Hidden areas
Trip hazards on steps
Trip hazards on sidewalks
Vehicular traffic pattern drop-off and pick-up zones
Use signs and plantings to denote boundaries
adequate lighting (around the building)
Lighting provided (at entrances)
Vehicular access to play areas (restricted)
Ground floor windows
Basement windows
Doors are locked
Restricted areas
Visitors are required to sign in
Multiple entries to the building
Vendors, repairmen, etc
Hallways properly lighted
Bathrooms properly lighted
Surveillance camera
Stairwells properly lighted
Idling vehicles
Road user knowledge
Driver consciousness

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