Introduction to Road Safety Engineering

Jacob George
Email: jacobgeorge@ictonline.com
Mob 09971622441
 Contents
• We engineering can do lot!!!
• Safety Engineering
• Reactive Approach
• Proactive approach
• 1st Principle for some safety engg techniques

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 Definition of an Accident
An Accident is a rare, multifactor event
preceded by a situation wherein one
or more road users failed to cope with
road environment resulting a vehicle
collision.
Can we expect
drivers to slow
down at this
approach?

What are the

low cost engg
measures that
be installed ?

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 Valley

100 kmph

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What are the factors involved?
Human Factors (95%)

Road
Environment
Factors (28%) (67%)

(24%)
4%

(4%)
4%

Vehicle Factors (8%)

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Thanks

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 Existing Layout

Proposed Layout

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Side Road Profile

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Side Road Profile

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 Complexities of the Issue

• Proper regulatory framework with necessary laws/legislations

• Obtaining adequate political priority for organizational reform and enactments

of laws
 Road Safety Programme
Engineering-PWD is the agency to plan, design and
implement the engineering aspect of Road safety
Education and Enforcement aspects are being
addressed by Motor Vehicle, Police , Education, and
Health Departments , NGO etc.
Here it needs inter-departmental coordination
cooperation and collaboration (3 “C’s”) among all
stakeholders of road safety to enhance the safety culture
of all road users..
 Road Safety Engineering
Crash Reduction Crash Prevention
(Reactive Approach) (Proactive Approach)
•Single Site( Blackspot)
•Feasibility study
•Mass Action
• Preliminary design
•Route Action
• Detailed design
•Area Action
• During construction
•Pre-opening
• Existing roads

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Process for Single Site (Blackspot) Improvement Program

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 Basic Premise of Blackspot Improvement
Low cost engineering intervention – Typical example

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 Route Action & Area Action

Route Action: Blanket Safety Improvements :

Initiated to correct road features throughout the
highway system- Route Action.
Area Action: Improvement in an area like residential
colonoy

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Mass Action Schemes from HP iMAAP
• Head on Collision
• Ran-off accident
• Pedestrian Accidents
 Head on Collision:
Application: Pucca Broah

Can we improve geometry?

1)Speed Limit for available SSD
2)What else can be done to improve
forward visiblity

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 A two lane road having an acute curve shown below has a radius of 30m
(which requires an extra widening of 1.5m as per IRC 73 1980). Determine the
inner and outer lane width and also width of ladder hatching where the curve
has a maximum bituminous width of 9.8m. Mark them in the figure below.
Head on
Collision

Can we install a narrow median to

prevent head on collision?
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Ran-off accident

Application: Garna Da Gallu

•Install appropriate speed limit?
•Marking to discourage ran-off accidents?
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Pedestrian Accidents

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Visibility Funnel & Placement of Signs

Existing Layout

Proposed Layout

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 Side Road Profile:
Application: Kalajhare

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Application of Visibility Funnel

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Application of Visibility Funnel

Thanks

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 Road safety audit
Crash Prevention or Proactive Approach
Is: “a formal examination of a future road or
traffic project, or an existing road, in which an
independent, qualified team looks at the
project’s crash potential and safety
performance.”

Basic Philosophy
Prevention is better than cure.”
Applying road safety engineering experience to
designs before they are built.
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 Audit Process
The steps Responsibility of
Select the Audit Team …………………………… Client or Designer

Provide the Background Information ……………………… Designer

Hold a Commencement Meeting …………………… Client/ Designer and

Audit Team
Assess the Documents ………………… Audit Team
Inspect the
Site
Write the Audit Report …………………………… Audit Team

Hold a Completion Meeting ……………………… Audit Team and Client/

Designer

Write the Responses …………………………… Client and Designer

Implement the Changes …………………………… Designer

Forgiving RoadSafety features

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Application: How to establish restriction for certain
length of road section?
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