Citation

Baviskar S. Indian Highw. 1998; 26(10): 37-48.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Indian Roads Congress)

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Abstract

This paper discusses the high accident rates on National Highway (NH) sections in the Nashik District of India; it includes a route map. There are 236km of National Highways in Nashik, only 1.84% of its total road length, but 52.76% of the total accidents of the district during 1981-90 occurred there. The paper discusses: (1) the spatial trends of accidents on NH 3 and NH 50, both of which pass through Nashik; (2) the results of a traffic census on important roads in Nashik for 1981-90; (3) observations on the NH 50; (4) the time distribution of accidents on the National Highways; (5) the seasonal trend of fatal, serious, and minor accidents on the National Highways; (6) analysis of accidents for different categories of roads; (7) observations of the physical features and road conditions of different sections of NH 3 and NH 50; and (8) the accident environments on the NH 3 and NH 50. The results of the study emphasise that the main safety initiatives on Indian National Highways should be specific very local improvements of accident black spots, correction of short geometric curves, provision of paved shoulders, increase of sight distance, removal of roadside hazards, flattening sides and slopes, and placing guard rails on high embankment and bridge approaches.