Safety Aspects of Minor Road Junctions on MDR 132 – Nuh to Hodal

Abstract

Accident occurring at junctions is a major problem in India. As per the annual report 2019, almost 50% of road accidents in India occurred at junctions. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the safety aspects of minor road junctions on MDR 132 in the Palwal District of Haryana State. The main aims of the present study are to study the safety aspects of minor road junctions on MDR-132 from Nuh to Hodal by analyzing various features of minor road junctions like markings, signs, shoulders, sight distances, lightings, median, etc., and to give suggestions to minimize the accidents. Two types of data were collected. One is from the field, and the other is from registered FIRs. The first one includes pavement width, shoulder width, marking, speed breaker, signs, types of junctions, sight distance, etc. The second one includes hitting and victim vehicle, fatal, grievous and minor injury, visibility, age of the victim, etc. It was observed that the number of accidents is being affected by various road parameters. For example, the number of accidents at uncontrolled junctions is decreasing as pavement width, shoulder width, sight distance, and presence of speed breaker [especially on minor roads] are increasing. Similarly, it was also observed that the number of fatalities decreased as the considered road parameters were increased.