CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 Background of the study 5 1.2 Research question, Aim & Objective 7 1.3 Need of the study 8 1.4 Research Matrix 9 1.5 Thesis structure 11 2. ROAD SAFETY PRACTICES WORLDWIDE 12 2.1 Road accident problem 12 2.1.1 Impacts 13 2.1.2 Constraints 13 2.2 Road safety scenario and proposed action plan 14 2.3 Road safety strategies adopted by different countries 15 2.3.1 Safer Drivers 16 2.3.1.1. Mobile Telephones 16 2.3.1.2. Driving under the influence of alcohol & drugs 16 2.3.1.3. Combating Speeding 18 2.3.2 Ensuring Safer Vehicles 19 2.3.2.1. Vehicle Standards and Maintenance 19 2.3.2.2. Use of Seat-belts 20 2.3.3 Designing Safer Roads 20 2.3.3.1. Road Design 20 2.3.3.2. Traffic Mix 21 2.3.3.3. Road Congestion 22 2.3.4 Vulnerable Road Users 22 2.3.4.1. Two-wheelers 23 2.3.4.2. Pedestrians 23 2.3.5 Safety Education and Compliance 24 2.3.5.1. Road Safety Education Campaigns 24 2.3.5.2. Enforcement 25 2.3.6 Delivering Care Post-Crash 25 2.3.6.1. Public Health Infrastructure 25 2.4 Road safety audit & risk index 26 2.4.1 Road safety audit- part of road safety strategy 26 2.4.1.1. What Is Road Safety Audit? 26 2.4.1.2. Why Road Safety Audit? 27 2.4.1.3. What Type Of Projects Should Be Audited? 28 2.4.1.4. Stages of Road Safety Audit 28 2.4.2 Checklists 29 2.4.2.1. Introduction 29 2.4.2.2. Purpose of checklist 30 2.4.2.3. When to use checklist 30 2.4.2.4. How to use checklists 30 2.4.3 Risk index 31 2.4.3.1. Necessity of RI in RSA 33 2.5 Finding and conclusion 33 3. STUDY AREA AHMEDABAD-TRANSPORT PROFILE 34 3.1 Introduction 34 3.2 City transport linkages 35 3.2.1 ROAD network 35 3.2.2 RAIL network 36 3.2.3 AIR connectivity 37 3.3 Existing traffic levels 37 3.3.1 Growth of Vehicles 37 3.4 Public transport system in the city 39 3.4.1 Existing public transport systems- AMTS & BRTS 39 3.5 Road accident over period of time in the city 40 3.6 Conclusion 42 4. DATA COLLECTION: APPROACH & METHODOLOGY 43 4.1 Introduction 43 4.2 Data requirement 45 4.3 Data collection 46 4.3.1 Secondary data 46 4.3.2 Primary data 47 4.4 Selection of corridor 47 4.5 Traffic volume (PCU) on selected corridor 49 5. ROAD ACCIDENT ANALYSIS 53 5.1 Accident data generation 53 5.2 Contribution of road accident on 34 corridors 53 5.3 Month wise variation in accident 54 5.4 season wise distribution of accidents 55 5.5 Time of the accident 55 5.6 Accident rate and Fatality rate 56 5.6.1 Accident rate 56 5.6.2 Fatality rate 59 5.6 Blackspots analysis 62 5.6 volume by capacity ratio with level of service 68 5.7 Accident density & risk index for selected corridor 68 5.7.1 Accident density 68 5.7.2 Risk index (RI) 69 5.8 Junction analysis 71 5.8.1 Helmet junction 71 5.8.2 Town hall junction 75 5.8.3 Ghodasar junction 78 6. CONCLUSION 81 6.1 Conclusions 81 6.1.1 Concerning the result of the study 82 References 83 Annexures: 84 1. ADB- Road Safety Audit - Stage 5 :Audit Of Existing Roads 84 2. TRANSFUND RSA Policy Requirements 90 3. New checklist prepared for stage 5 (Existing stage) 94 4. RSA on Narol - Naroda stretch 97 5. RSA on Ashram road (Vishala circle to RTO) 102 6. RSA on Commerce six road to Thaltej 108