Systematic ratings of accident prone T – intersections on national highways

dc.contributor.authorArulrasa, A
dc.contributor.authorMampearachchi, WK
dc.contributor.editorPasindu, HR
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-04T08:38:20Z
dc.date.available2022-06-04T08:38:20Z
dc.date.issued2016-08
dc.description.abstractRoad Traffic accidents and the resulting deaths have now emerged as one of the major safety and public problems. In this study, intersection geometry of roads were considered to rate accident prone T – Intersection locations in national highways. The only source of accident data in Srilanka is available with the traffic police. Availability of accident data is vital for identifying accident prone locations in the traditional data analysis process. However, insufficient data for statistical analysis and changes to the geometry of the intersection with improvement is a major drawback of analyzing the available data. In this study, a method is introduced to find and rate the accident prone T – Intersections with respect to road geometry without depending on traffic police accident data. The parameters of road geometry such as road width, vertical profile and type of movement and combination of these: - are considered as main influence elements and identified vulnerable factors of the each element. The lane width was classified as single lane, two lane and multi lane and approach road profile was divided into flat, medium and adverse. The turning movement types were classified into four types: M1, M2.M3 & M4 based on centre median configuration for traffic movement at the junction. Then the relative contribution of the elements to the accident prone T – Intersections was determined by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with a rating system. The rating of each element was suggested by experts of Roads and Traffic Engineering. Expert ratings were subjected to consistency testing and AHP determines the weightage of each elements. It was found that road width is the most critical element of the road geometry and followed by vertical profile and turning movement type. The intersections did not comply with the model were further studied and identified the causes for lower or higher number of accidents in those locations. Most vulnerable accident prone T-intersections had the combination of, flat gradient of approach road, single lane width and open centre median in the major road of the intersection.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArulrasa, A., & Mampearachchi, W.K. (2016). Systematic ratings of accident prone T – intersections on national highways [Abstract]. In H.R. Pasindu (Ed.), Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum 2016 (pp. 25-26). Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. https://uom.lk/sites/default/files/civil/files/TRFAbstract%202016_0.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.conferenceTransport Research Forum 2016en_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.emailwasanthak@uom.lken_US
dc.identifier.emailarulrasa2000@yahoo.comen_US
dc.identifier.facultyEngineeringen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 25-26en_US
dc.identifier.placeKatubeddaen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingProceedings of the Transport Research Forum 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18125
dc.identifier.year2016en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa.en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://uom.lk/sites/default/files/civil/files/TRFAbstract%202016_0.pdfen_US
dc.subjectAccident prone locationen_US
dc.subjectGeometry elementsen_US
dc.subjectRoad safetyen_US
dc.titleSystematic ratings of accident prone T – intersections on national highwaysen_US
dc.typeConference-Abstracten_US

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