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Role of Engineering in Road Safety: Presented by Dr. P. K. Agarwal
Role of Engineering in Road Safety: Presented by Dr. P. K. Agarwal
Presented By
Dr. P. K. Agarwal
• Safety Scenario ?
• SOLUTION
• Role of Engineering?
CONTENT
• PROBLEM?
Road Accident
• Safety Scenario ?
Safety degradation on Indian roads
• SOLUTIONS - Role of Engineering?
• Plan safer road network
• Design safer roads
• Ensure Safety during Construction
• Ensure adequate & timely Maintenance for safety ,
• Ensure Safe traffic operation etc.
Problem?
Problem?
Safety Degradation on Roads
SOURCE: www.trafficaccidentsblogspot.com
Number of Road Accidents are steadily increasing
Huge economic losses
Need to Reduce Road Accidents
Why?
Property damage
Accidents Results in Grief and Agony to Many
late"
Road Safety – A Global Concern
Other unintentional
injuries, 18.1%
Road Traffic
Injuries, 22.8%
Drowning , 7.3%
Poisining, 6.7% Falls, 7.5% Fires, 6.2%
Suicide
Other unintentional injuries
Drow ning
Fires
Falls
Poisining
Road Traffic Injuries
Other unintentional injuries
Source:
Source:Global
GlobalStatus
StatusReport
Reporton
onRoad
RoadSafety,
Safety,WHO,
WHO,2009
2009 War
Violence
Road Safety – A Global Concern
Road Users Involved in Fatalities
90%
46.8
80%
70% 94.2
60%
Other Roads
50% SH
23.6 NH
40%
30%
20%
10%
29.6 4.1
0%
% of Accidents
No. % of Road Length
1.7
Adopt
Adopt Road
Road
Safety
Safety Now
Now
and
and show
show that
that
we
we not
not only
only make
make good
good
roads
roads but
but ensure
ensure safe
safe
and
and smooth
smooth journey
journey
also.
also.
Purpose of this presentation?
In 2016,
road crashes in the country resulted in 1.50
lakh deaths and 4.95 lakh injuries.
year.
1 person dies every 6 minutes. 10 are injured at
Source: Presentation- 25th July 2008, Project manager (Road safety and design),
P.W.D Punjab
Road Safety Scenario in India
Overgrown bushes 69
Road Safety Scenario in India
Fatalities ~ 1,50,000 (annual)
~ 400 daily (almost a jumbo jet)
~ 1 every 3 minute
User Attitude
Public apathy
Poor respect for
traffic rules
Low level of
awareness
Lack of driving
culture
Main Reasons for High Fatalities
Lack of planning and design for all
categories of users
Absence of Super-elevation 83
Main Reasons for High Fatalities
Blind junction 84
Main Reasons for High Fatalities
Inadequate and improper safety provisions for
VRUs (Vulnerable Road Users) on high speed
roads where impacts are more severe
Main Reasons for High Fatalities
Poor provision for VRU ?
29 New Nil
Pedestrian Underpass and 59 new Nil
Subways
Service Roads Aggregate length of 34.0 kms with Nil
7m / 5.5m width
Safety Implications of Cost Reduction
Provisions deleted Safety Implications
15 minor bridges not 15 locations would be hazardous and interruption to smooth
constructed traffic flow .
25 flyovers deleted 25 locations would have at grade intersections, which would
be hazardous and interruption to smooth traffic flow
Elevated corridor at Sikandara 6-lane traffic would pass through built up area posing grave
danger to local habitants and causing congestion and speed
reduction.
97
Crash Causing Factors – Changing
Understanding
Roads
Roads
Vehicles Users
Main Constraints
Inadequate Enforcement due to
Lack of
Awareness / Skill
Tools
Training
Lack of Safety Consciousness in
policy makers/ professionals
Infrastructural Deficiencies for
Safer Travel
Absence of Database and
Analysis
Improper Driver Licensing
System
In effective Institutional System
Lack of Funds
Road Safety: Critical Elements
Road safety an inter/multi-disciplinary activity
Coordination, integration – Challenge
We talk of four E’s
There is one
Engineering
more ‘E’
Enforcement Environment
Education (+ awareness)
Emergency
Four alphabets before E
A, B, C, D (Attitude, Behaviour, Culture,
Discipline) – equally critical to enhance safety
Enhancement of Road Safety
Education
Engineering (Roads & Vehicles )
Emergency post Crash Care
Enforcement
OR
BEAR THE BRUNT OF COMING
GENERATION FOR MAKING THE SO CALLED
GOOD BUT KILLING ROADS.
Solution ?
Role of Engineering?
Approach to Reduce The Problem
and fatalities.
Objective
Engineers should aims at developing a Road
Safety Improvement Program (RSIP) to
improve the road safety .
Systematic Approach for Formulation of a
RSIP
A systemic road safety improvement program is
identification of a set of remedial measures, to be
implemented on different sections in the road
network to reduce the injuries, fatalities, deaths
and loss of public properties because of road
accidents
(Kisty and Lall, 2009).
IDENTIFICATION OF BLACK SPOTS
a quantitative method.
Due to the increase in number of vehicles and a