ANALYTICAL STUDY OF FATAL ACCIDENTS ON SUPER HIGHWAY: 3-SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

In this concluding paper on the Analytical Study of Fatal Accidents on the Pakistan Super Highway, outlines of some short and long term safety improvements are suggested for the Highway. The essential features of these improvements are the expansion of the Highway and making it a dual-carriageway with central island and fencing in the middle. Further improvements include, controlled access, pedestrian crossings, flyover on level crossing, measures for elimination of monotonous nature of long straight sections, use of traffic control lines and guide posts, lighting of high hazard locations, restricting speeds and prohibiting the slow moving vehicles from the Highway. The paper also suggests the coordination of traffic engineering with traffic law enforcement and traffic education to the roadusers which works well in saving lives and reducing injuries. Nevertheless, the emphasis has been laid on implementation of low-cost, high-benefit improvements. (Author)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Mehran University of Engineering and Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Jamshoro, Sindh  Pakistan 
• Authors:
  • Bhatti, A K
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-10
• Serial:
  • Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
  • ISSN: 0254-7821
  • EISSN: 2413-7219
  • Serial URL: https://publications.muet.edu.pk/index.php/muetrj/index
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  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Countermeasures; Crash analysis; Fatalities; Foreign; Highways; Improvements; Intercity transportation; Measures of effectiveness; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00454478
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM