Patel College of science & technology

Indore
Department of Civil Engineering
A project on
Highway safety
Submitted by
Submitted to
Er. Mahendra baghel
Mr. Abhishek Kanungo (HOD CE) Er. Prafful kumar Buke
Miss Nivedita Soni (TG 7 sem)
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Er.Ankit Ochhane
Er. Rohinee Birle
Highway Safety
Methods
Adopted By
Civil Engineers
Introduction

The main purpose of adopting safety

measures for highways and road sides is

• To reduce no. of accidents,

1

• To facilitate safer journey,

2

3 • To increase the quality of transit system,

4 • To maintain the regular traffic flow.

 • Cross Section
• Rumble Strips
• Design Of Roadside
Safety Methods • Junctions
Adopted • Linear villages
By Civil Engineer • Traffic signs
• Roundabouts
• Pedestrian Crossing
• Barriers
 Cross section

• The pavement with the vehicle lanes, edge strip and markings
1

• The emergency zone and obstacle free zone

2

•
The embankment and cutting slopes
3• The width of the cross section is determined by the pavement related to the number
4 oflanes

• The required width of the edge strip

5

• The shoulders and earthwork slopes and depth

6
Flexible pavement

Rigid pavement
 Rumble Strips

• To reduce the number and

severity of roadway departure
crashes, or run-off-the-road and
cross center line crashes on 2-
lane, rural, undivided roads.
Shoulder rumble strips

Placed on highway shoulders

along the edge of the travel
lane, to prevent single vehicle
run-off-the-road crashes.

Canter line rumble strips

Placed on or near the center

line, to prevent head-on crashes
and opposite direction
sideswipe crashes. They can also
be helpful to prevent some
crashes when a driver veers
across the center line
Advantages

1. Alert drivers upon drifting or deviation.

2.The reflective paint helps to increase visibility.

3. Reduce the number of crashes.

Design Of Road-Side

• Design of road side must comply the following essential

requirements:

The road must be free from ditches and screening should be done properly.

Shoulders and edge strips must be provided.

Super elevations must not be too steep.

 Avoid sharper turns.

Emergency zones/lanes must be provided.

Wider Obstacle free zones to reduce the risk

in case of road run-off accidents.
Junctions

“A road junction is
a
location where
multiple roads
intersect, allowing
vehicular traffic to
change from one
road to another.”
A road junction has to fulfill following
requirements:

1 • Visible
2 • Oversee-able
3 • Comprehensible

4 • Comprehensible
Linear Villages

“A linear village is that part of

a (transit) road
which lies within a built-up
area.”
 Passing a road from public areas must comply
with the special safety needs:

Pedestrian Safety

Speed reduction measures

Footpaths, side railings and
shoulders

Avoid Sharp turns and blind

corners
 Traffic Calming Road Design

 Originated in Europe over 35 years ago.

 Intended to calm (or slow down) traffic.
 Used primarily as a safety measure on low
volume & low speed roadways.
 Traffic calming may involve “physical
changes" to the roadway that slow traffic
down. Some examples:
Traffic Signs

 Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected

at the side of or above roads to give instructions or
provide information to road users.

 Traffic signs generally :

• Control the flow of traffic

• Warns about hazards ahead
• Guide to destination
• Informs roadway services.
 Traffic signs are
intentional colour coded
to assist the operator.

 In traffic signs,
fluorescent material is
used.

 Various sign boards

are used, such as:
 i. Stop & Yield Sign Boards

 A STOP sign is a
traffic sign to notify
drivers to
completely halt
while YIELD means
to slow down to at
a point
ii. Warning Signs

 Alerts to hazards or
changing in conditions
such as changes in
road layout, proximity
to a school zone, sharp
turns etc.
iii. Guide signs

 Indicates route
markers, distance
and
destination
signs, and
informational
signs.
iv. Construction & Maintenance Road Work Warnings

 The work areas are protected from traffic by

orange (or yellow) warning signs during the
construction or repairing works.

 Help to guide pedestrians and vehicle traffic

safely through a work zone and past any hazards.
Roundabouts
 “A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in
which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction
around a central point.”