Citation

Thube D, Thube A. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2010; 15: 555-564.

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(Copyright © 2010, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

Government of Maharashtra state, India has formulated Accident Prevention Committee (APC) in year 1997 for identifying the accident-prone spots on the rural highways in the state and to suggest the suitable remedial measures for reducing the accidents. The committee consists of experts in the field of civil engineering, police, representatives of road users, NGO etc. Committee had inspected about 18027 kilometers of rural highway length in the state and identified 7313 of accident-prone spots (hence after to be designated as 'Black Spots"). The public works department (PWD) of the state had undertaken the improvement of these identified black spots in stages and improved 5960 numbers of black spots and found that the trend of growing accidents is arrested in the state. The paper will discuss various causes for accidents found in the study, details of counter measures as suggested by the committee. The paper will also discuss how improvement in black spots had been affective in reducing the number of accidents in the state.