Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of Contents . xi
List of figures xv
List of tables xvii
Acronyms & Abbreviations xix
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background . 1
1.2 Problem Statement 2
1.2.1 Engineering 3
1.2.2 Enforcement 4
1.2.3 Education 4
1.2.4 Emergency Service 4
1.2.5 Overview of road safety agencies at national and state level in India 5
1.3 Aim: 7
1.4 Objectives: 7
1.5 Methodology 8
1.6 Research Timeline 10
1.7 Data collection plan 11
2 LITERATURE STUDIES 13
2.1 Road Safety Audit (RSA): 13
2.2 Safe System Approach: 14
2.3 What is urban road safety management? 14
2.4 Accident Data Collection 17
2.5 Engineering approach for improvement in road safety: 18
2.3.1 Designing infrastructure to encourage safe behaviour 19
2.6 Educational approach for improvement in road safety 21
2.7 Summary . 23
3 INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE CITY – COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU. 25
3.1 Accident scenario in the city of Coimbatore 28
4 ANALYSIS 33
4.1 Overview of Road safety framework in India 33
4.2 Assessment of role of traffic police department of the city. 34
4.2.1 Institutional Structure and Strength of department. 34
4.2.2 Accident Data Recording 37
4.2.2.1 Standardised Accident recording and reporting format by MoRTH 37
4.2.2.4 Analysis of current traffic police accident records 42
4.2.3 Enforcement 45
4.3 Role of Engineering aspect in the road safety: 47
4.4 Role of Emergency health services in case of the road accidents and its procedure 50
4.4.1 Procedure of the hospital 51
4.5 Road safety Education and Role of NGO 52
4.6 Road Safety Audit (RSA) as a tool of evaluation of road safety 53
5 Discussion 59
6 STRATEGIES RECOMMENDATIONS 61
6.1 City Safety Cell: 61
6.1.1 Institutional structure and Flow of process in City Safety Cell 62
6.2 Reassignment of the different responsibilities: 67
7 Conclusion 71
8 Way Foreword 73
References xvii
Appendix 1: Accident data recording form mandated by MoRTH xix
Appendix 2: Set of questions used for the Interviews xxi
Appendix 3: Road Safety Audit Questionnaire (prepared based on MoHUA guidelines) xxiii