Observational Studies of Hazardous Road Locations on National Highways in Bangladesh

The purpose of this paper is to present part of the analysis included in a study of the major concentration of most accidents in Bangladesh, along with the results of the broader study on rural road accidents. Through the demonstration of how safety improvements could be achieved through the wider application of road and traffic engineering countermeasures, this paper discusses accident problem characteristics and road environmental deficiencies attributable to such accidents. The paper in particular highlights the observational findings of the on-site studies of the high accident locations and emphasizes on the importance and wider applications of proven low cost countermeasures for greater improvement of national highway safety. Of the total reported accidents in Bangladesh nearly 42 percent fatal accidents occurred on the national highway network of around 3750 km which constitutes less than 15 percent of total rural roads and highways in Bangladesh. A few locations with abnormally high concentration of road accidents are identified as ‘Hazardous Road Locations’ (HRL). Almost 35 percent of total accidents on national highways are occurring only in 4 percent of total national highway kilometrage.

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• Authors:
  • Hoque, M Mazharul
  • Rahman, M Feisal
  • Ashrafuzzaman, M
  • Sarkar, Sudipta
• Conference:
  • Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference
  • Location: Canberra , Australia
  • Date: 2006-10-29 to 2006-11-2
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash records; High risk locations; Highway operations; Rural areas; Rural highways; Traffic; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineers; Traffic flow; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Bangladesh
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1663: Accident black spot; 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 150: Developing countries; 2755: Highway; 328: Rural area; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01041568
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1876592494
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:31PM