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- Socio-Economic Costing of Road Traffic Accidents:Evidence from Nagpur City, Maharashtra, India
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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208 106, IN
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440 010, IN
1 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 208 106, IN
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 440 010, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 06 (2018), Pagination: 1275-1283Abstract
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become a serious problem worldwide as they incur losses of around 2% of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). RTAs are one of the major causes of death and injury in developing countries like India. To enable governments to take policy decisions on road safety, it is necessary that good research is undertaken to estimate the cost of accidents. This kind of study will help governments make important decisions on investment in traffic safety, improvement of roads and other facilities. On the other hand, evaluation and estimation of the costs of RTAs will help governments ascertain economic feasibility of policy decisions given limited economic resources. Apart from humanitarian losses, the contribution to economic losses from RTAs is alarmingly high, as most people involved in accidents are from the most economically active and productive agegroups of a society. The main objective of this study is to establish the cost components of road accidents in Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India. The methodologies for such studies generally vary according to traffic pattern, modal share, accident pattern, etc. This study makes use of a system dynamics approach, which provides a comprehensive understanding of the problem for Indian cities. Data were collected and collated with major inputs from the Traffic Department of the city for all road accidents from 2010 to 2015. The study found that the costs recorded for RTAs amounted to INR 935.5 million in 2015, which was 0.09% of the city’s GDP. In addition, major cost components were evaluated by varying the severity level.Keywords
Road Traffic Accidents, Safety Measures, Socio-Economic Costing, System Dynamics Approach.Full Text
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- Crash risk factor identification using association rules in Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India
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1 Civil Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
1 Civil Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
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Current Science, Vol 123, No 6 (2022), Pagination: 781-790Abstract
The increase in traffic volume in urban road networks poses a significant challenge to transportation safety. It is evident that different traffic zones experience unique crash patterns and severities. The different factors that affect crash rates are caused by the various character-istics of the drivers, weather conditions, design of road-side infrastructure and driving behaviour. Although studies have shown that various factors can affect crash rates, there are insufficient studies on the exact catego-rization of these factors. Accordingly, the present study focuses on traffic crashes on streets where the risks of an accident occurrence are higher, using Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India as a case study. Three levels of risk zones were selected, i.e. zone-I (low risk), zone-II (medi-um risk) and zone-III (high risk). The risk zones are created in ArcGIS software using the kernel density esti-mator function. The association rule was then used to find out the various crash risk factors within the zone. The results of the study reveal that the risk of pedestrian fatalities is higher in areas where the speed limit is more than 40 km/h and day-to-day pedestrian activity is pre-sent. Based on the results, we propose a lower speed limit in zone-I, in addition to providing pedestrian-crossing fa-cilities such as zebra crossings or refuge islands for cross-walks. Moreover, we propose implementing an awareness campaign for road traffic safety aimed at educating road users on how to follow road discipline, especially with regard to utilizing pedestrian facilities, aggressive young motorcyclists, lane changing and overtaking mano-euvres.Keywords
Association rules, driver characteristics, risk factors, traffic crash, urban roads.Full Text
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