Citation

Raichur M, Panwala C, Chawda S, Shah J. Indian Highw. 1993; 21(9): 7-15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Indian Roads Congress)

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Abstract

This paper presents accident statistics for Vadodara City, India, and the surrounding rural area, and proposes several safety improvements for them. The population, traffic, and road congestion of Vadodara have increased steadily during recent decades, and pedestrian and parking facilities are very limited. Data about fatal, serious and minor accidents are collected from police stations. Accident statistics tables are given for each of the years 1981 to 1990. For Vadodara City, they show the total number of accidents, the number of fatal accidents D, the numbers of people killed and injured, the population P, the number of registered motor vehicles N, the ratios N/P, D/P and D/N, and the mobility factor N*P. For surrounding rural areas, they show the numbers of accidents of all three types, and the number of people killed and injured. For Vadodara City, these latter accident statistics are also given for ninr primary causes, and the categories 'other causes' and 'causes not known'. The most important causes of road accidents are: motor vehicle driver (54%), cyclist (6%), other vehicle driver (10%), and pedestrian (6%). Urban road safety measures proposed are: (1) increasing the safety of accident black spots, of which six are named; (2) a variety of engineering measures, including junction improvement; (3) several enforcement measures; (4) proper use of media to educate the public, and proper traffic education for children. Specific safety improvements are proposed for 11 rural highways.