Traffic safety related to road conditions in Pakistan | |
| Author | Amin, Sajid |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GT-86-44 |
| Subject(s) | Traffic safety--Pakistan Roads--Pakistan--Safety measures |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Engineering Degree, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Some of the factors responsible for road accidents on rural highways in Pakistan are road geometry, pavement width, traffic volume and number of intersections per unit length of road. Prime objective of the study described in this report is to investigate relationships between personal injury accident rates on rural roads in Punjab, Pakistan and some roadway and traffic volume factors. The study is taken up on thirty roads passing through different parts of Punjab. Regression analysis is used to derive equations which can be used to estimate changes in accident rates following improvements to the geometric design of the road. The accident rate per kilometer p e r annum is found to be significantly related to the number of junctions per kilometer and the road geometry (rise & fall in meters per kilometer). The accident rate per million vehicle-kilometer per annum is found to be significantly related to the traffic volume in vehicles per day, the number of junctions per kilometer and the road geometry (horizontal curvature in degrees per kilometer and rise & fall in meters per kilometer). Comparisons are made with similar relationships developed in some other countries. Subsidiary objective of the study is to analyze the road accidents that occurred in Punjab during the years 1980 to 1985, in a way in which the results can b e easily extracted for further use . Analyst is of accident data includes district-wise road accidents, urban and rural accidents, faults of the road user in accidents, causes of accidents, various type of vehicles involved in accidents , time-occurrence of accidents and month-wise accidents. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering (GT) |
| Chairperson(s) | Murata, Takahiro |
| Examination Committee(s) | Miyamoto, Kazuaki ;Prapansak Buranaprapa |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Federal Republic of Germany (DAAD) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |