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Project presentation on
“Road Safety Audit of Chamarajanagar to Haradanahalli District Forest -NH 94”
Presentation by
AKSHAY.G
1DS20CHT01
• Road safety auditing is a standardized method for assessing accident rates and safety audits in the design of new
projects or programs, the rehabilitation and improvement of existing roads, and in the maintenance of roads.
Team selection; Choosing a team, conducting the audit work, and reviewing and pinpointing problematic spots.
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ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
RSA is viewed as a highly formalized procedure for independent evaluation of accident potentials
and, more notably, skill of safety with stipulated design for road traffic, whether for a new or existing
road system. The procedure primarily entails accident assessment and related RSA skills. It should be
used for accident prevention on old or new roads, and the skill should be used to reduce the number of
accidents on old or new roads by promoting existing safety schemes in most cases with economy.
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ROAD SAFETY AUDIT IN INDIA
In India, there may not yet be any formal requirements for the implementation of road safety
measures. India is now realizing the importance of RSA. Therefore, MORTH financed the
'Development of RSA for existing sectors' project at CRRI in April 2002. The RSA on NH-2
engineering design was given to CRRI by the NHAI. The world's longest road project, with a total
length of nearly 900 km, was undertaken by RSA. And the CRRI only accepted the RSA project at the
Indore bypass in 2000. The first traffic safety audit project throughout India is this particular one.
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OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
• To conduct Traffic surveys on the selected stretches required for the safety audit.
• To identify and analyse the accident black spots created in the study area.
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SCOPE OF THE STUDY
• This study is focused on identifying potential safety concerns that may affect road users within a
scheme design and make recommendations for addressing these hazards.
• It specifies the safety criteria that should be followed when designing new or rehabilitated road
sections.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Sl.No Details of journal paper Content
1. Hetram Sharma, Dr Sheetal Agarwal The purpose of this study was to assess the weaknesses in road
“Road Safety Audit: Challenges And safety and make recommendations for improvements to the
Remedies”, existing road network.
2018. Road safety flaws such as improper intersection design width of
carriage way, low maintenance of road markings, road sign,
unlawful median openings, lack of Bus-Stops, and confused
pedestrian behaviour were observed.
2. N. Naveen, S SanMithra The audit was carried out in accordance with IRC: 67-2012, IRC:
“Road Safety Audit of Rural Ghat Road at 35-1997, and IRC: SP: 88. According to the requirements, road
Vikarabad District”, signs, markings, message signs, hazard markers, traffic safety
2019. barriers, blackspot identification, and delineators were corrected.
3. Tummala Bharat Kumar, Chukkapalli Jeswanth This paper aims to identify design imperfections, accident prone
Chowdary, regions and to study about the impact of roadway geometrics and
“Road safety audit: a case study on NH-65”, traffic conditions on the highway.
2018 After analysing the data, it was discovered that road markings,
shoulder condition, carriageway condition, and median opening
are the elements that cause accidents on the NH65.
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LITERATURE REVIEW CONTD…
Sl.No Details of journal paper Content
4. S SanMithra, N. Naveen , M S Renuka This study investigates the dangers of the roads as well as the
“Road Safety Audit of the Noida – Greater variables that perplex drivers. This audit showed and emphasized
Noida Expressway” flaws in safety engineering, demonstrating excellent and bad
February 2019 practices in road safety maintenance such as Route Signs, Interchange
Signs, Exit Signs, Miscellaneous Information Signs, and Road
Markings, among other things.
5. N. Naveen, M. Rajesh, M. Srinivas, Md. This study examines the human, vehicle, road, external environment,
Fasioddin, “Road safety audit of a rural and other elements that influence safety in rural road accidents. This
road” report included recommendations for a safe road.
April 2017 It depicted traffic hazards such as abrupt curves, narrow lanes, and
ineffective road markings and sign boards, all of which can lead to
fatalities in the worst-case scenario.
6. Omkar Gholap, Nikita Shinde, Vaishnavi The purpose of the research is to inspect the road in terms of safety
Shelke, Navnath Navale, Kuldeepak measures, road scenarios, and any form of faults, as well as to
Deshmukh, Ashutosh Kotkar, recommend mitigation and prevention actions for the selected portion
“Road Safety Audit” of road for audit.
February 2018, The research is based on data collection methods such as traffic
volume analysis, data collection from accidents, data collection from
potholes on the road, data collection from road safety signs and
symbols, public questionnaire survey, and so on.
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LITERATURE REVIEW CONTD…
Sl.No Details of journal paper Content
7. Road accidents, NCRB, For the year 2015 Traffic accidents throughout India was reported to about
2015. 464674.As on time base analysis maximum traffic accidents happened in May
(45215), Maximum number of Traffic accidents (80113) is reported during 15.00 hrs.
to 18.00 hrs. of the day. Road accidents victims mainly are two-wheeler riders.
Buses, cars, trucks, are accounted for 19.4%, 8.3% and 12.4% of accidental deaths
respectively. Mainly accidents occurred due to over speeding i.e., of about 43.7% of
total road accidents, in that 212815 people are injured & 60969 deaths were
recorded.
8. Francis John Gichaga et al., In this paper the Author discussed about RSA and its different stages. He suggested
“Road safety audit in India”,. the evaluation of Intersection design, Markings, Sign, Signals, Geometrics, Drains,
Slopes of Embankment.
9. Zarulazam Eusofe et., , at Institutional This paper explains into how the effectiveness and efficiency of the Road Safety
level in Malaysia, Management are dependent on finance. Here the key stakeholders of Road Safety
“Assessment of Road Safety Management were allowed to participate in a semi structured interview based
Management”. exploratory approach. The analysis has shown that the efficiency and effectiveness of
Road Safety Management system of Malaysia may be co-related with the funding
sources, awareness in public, process of decision making, institutional capacity and
the local needs, legislative framework for the Road Safety.
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METHODOLOGY
Identification of study
area
Interpretation of results
Conclusions and
recommendations for
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Project Methodology:
• An 18.2 km length from Chamarajanagar to Haradanahalli District Forest Limit (Ramapura Junction) is
chosen for the RSA for the current work. One police station, Chamarajanagar traffic police station limit
Satty Road, has jurisdiction over this section of road. The relevant police station will provide the
information on road accidents.
• An odometer survey to determine chainage and measure length.
• For precise RSA, dividing the entire length into the 5 sections shown below:
Probable One or more per year (but less than one per
month)
The "Manual on Road Safety Audit" (IRC: SP:88-2010) checklist is used while conducting a road safety audit.
Stage 6 auditing is used for this study. There was a total of 8, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 5, 5, and 3 checks made for each
case under the various parameters of general, alignments, cross section, intersection, signal controlled junction,
street sign, informatory symbol, road marking, illumination, road side dangers, and roadside facilities.
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Auditing Selected Road Stretch's various components using a
Checklist contd…
Checklist auditing for stretch1:
The chosen section, which starts at the Chamrajanagara to Somwarapete junction, has a chainage of 0.000 to
2.9 km. Below table provides the audit's findings for this portion of the route.
Sl.no Particulars Observations Remarks
General
1 Are the prevailing speed levels within acceptable limits? No Speed of vehicles are high
From Ch:0.02 to 0.98km Provision for
Are road users stop in manners that could establish hazards? parking should be done.
2 Yes
In this stretch plantation are not obscure the
view of sign.
3 Are plantations obscure perceivability or notice of sign? No
Is the surface and carriage path marking in good condition? Marking is so light it's not visible at night
4 No and wet condition
Provided bus bays are not in usable
5 Are the medians and islands of sufficient width for the No condition
pedestrians?
Are the bus stops and bus bays securely situated with Vehicles are parked on the portion of the
6 satisfactory perceivability and clearance to the traffic path? No road.
Informatory signs
Except curve locations, no signs are
1 Is provided all intersections with distance information No installed in junctions.
signs and advanced direction signs?
Are these signs effectively situated to empower the Signs are not provided in right
2 required action to be taken by the drivers? Yes position.
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Checklist auditing for stretch1:
Road markings
1 Perceivability of road markings by a driver during night/day No They are not visible during night and wet
time and in dry/wet climate condition? condition
Except Ch:0.00 to 0.77km, Road edge line is
2 Has proper type of markings been used in different No not marked
circumstances (path line, edge line)?
Zebra crossing marking is not provided at
3 Is zebra crossing markings given at intersections? No junctions
Position of stop lines are appropriate but
4 Is situating of stop lines appropriate? Yes not visible at
night time.
Are chevron alignment markers are introduced, have correct
5 types of markers been utilized? N0 Not yet installed
Lighting
In ch:0.02,0.07,0.15,0. 67,0.93,0.9 km
Lighting columns constitute hazards to
1 Find the road locations where lighting pole positions are Yes traffic.
hazard to traffic?
Has lighting for signs especially overhead signs been given Signs not visible properly.
3 where important? No
Yes, all the poles in this stretch are on the
4 Are there any electrical poles or utility poles near the edge of Yes edge, that cause hazard
the berms which may cause hazards to traffic?
Is there any lighting pole in the median unprotected by crash in this stretch median is not there.
5 barriers? No 21
Checklist auditing for stretch1:
Road side Hazards
Is the bridge railing, crash barriers or pedestrian guard No bridge in this stretch
1 rail and end of bridge parapet of a safe design? No
2 Is there any presence of street side stall or other road side Yes There are side stalls on shoulders
commercial activities?
Are the median clear of any trees with trunks of
3 circumference more than 30cm? If not, are such areas No No median
covered by protective crash barriers?
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Checklist auditing for stretch1:
The frequency, severity, risk for the stretch and the measure
required is as given below.
Frequency Frequent
Severity Serious
Risk Intolerable
The information about the data collected for the stretch Somwarapete to Haradanahalli junction (Ch 2.9
to 6.50km) and Chikkahole to Attagulipura (Ch 12.4 to 14.9km).
For conducting questionnaire survey a sample size of 50 is adopted. Each respondent was given a
questionnaire set having 10 questions, which has either Yes or No as the response.
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Questionnaire survey for the High accidental zone
The questionnaire survey for the stretch 2 which is classified as High accident zone based on the analysis of FIR data is
conducted. The findings are as shown in table and also the Graphical representation of percentage of accidents for different
reasons.
SL REMARKS
. QUESTIONS YES NO COMMENTS
N
O
The questionnaire survey for the stretch 4 which is classified as High accident zone based on the analysis of FIR data is
conducted. The findings are as shown in table and also the Graphical representation of percentage of accidents for different
reasons.
SL REMARKS
. QUESTIONS YES NO COMMENTS
N
O
The Weightages adopted for the different nature of accidents are as given
below.
Fatal -6
Major injury-3
Minor injury-0.6
Vehicle Damage-0.2
1. Road safety audit is an excellent strategy for improving safety with respect to road crashes, accident analysis.
2. A good audit effective in identifying the dangerous hazards elements on the road stretch. And some remedial measures can
be given as per IRC Guidelines.
3. From the ranking analysis stretch 2 i.e., Somwarapete to Haradanahalli junction is high accident zone. and the stretch 4 i.e.,
Chikkahole to Attagulipura is low accident zone.
4. The road accident data available in FIR of respective Police stations is a very good source of information for RSA.
5. Road safety audit is the finest method for improving safety against the dangerous road hazards and crashes.
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DISCUSSION
1. RSA gives the full idea of improvements required to nullify or minimize the accidents. Hence it is
concluded as RSA is an effective tool.
2. Stretch 2 is having very high vehicular density and lots of construction activity is going on. Many
traffic regulators such traffic sign, signal, lane marking is not present.
3. Stretch 4 is well kept compared to other stretches. Markings, Road signs, and Median is also
present. This contributing to the lesser accidents.
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SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK
1. Volume counts can be performed for the chosen lengths to determine the relationship between the
make and model of the vehicles and the frequency of incidents.
2. In order to establish an enforcement strategy, spot speed studies might be performed to determine
the actual speed of cars.
3. To integrate the analyzed data with a Geographical Information System (GIS) software and to
represent information on a computer/smartphone-based platform for road users.
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REFERENCES
1. N. Naveen, M. Rajesh, M. Srinivas, Md. Fasioddin, April 2017, “Road safety audit of a rural road”.
2. Siddhant Karahe, Dr. Sunil Sugandhi, Feb 2020, “Road Safety Audit of SH-26 Section from Khandwa to
Chhegaon Makhan - A Case Study (M.P.) India”.
3. N.N.G. Sai Pavan, K. Hemantha Raja, B.G.Rahul, SS. Asadi, Feb 2018, “A statistical evaluation on road safety
audit: a model study from hanuman junction to Kanaka Durga Vaaradhi Vijayawada”.
4. Hetram Sharma, Dr Sheetal Agarwal, Jan 2018, “Road Safety Audit: Challenges And Remedies”.
5. S SanMithra, N. Naveen , M S Renuka, February 2019, “Road Safety Audit of the Noida – Greater Noida
Expressway”.
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REFERENCES CONTD…
6. Tummala Bharat Kumar, Chukkapalli Jeswanth Chowdary, February 2018, “Road safety audit: a case study
on NH-65”.
7. N. Naveen, S SanMithra, February 2019, “Road Safety Audit of Rural Ghat Road at Vikarabad District”.
8. Omkar Gholap, Nikita Shinde, Vaishnavi Shelke, Navnath Navale, Kuldeepak Deshmukh, Ashutosh Kotkar,
February 2018, “Road Safety Audit”.
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