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METHODOLOGY
CRASH SCENE AND VEHICLE EXAMINATION
DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Type of Road User
• 32 accidents examined in 45 days.
• Night time accidents highest.
• 75km stretch of NH45.
• Heavy truck involvement highest.
Time of Day
• 18 accidents involving heavy trucks.
• 22 of the 25 trucks examined.
• Front-Rear collisions serious in numbers and injury severity.
FRONT-REAR COLLISIONS 2-vehicle accident in which one vehicle strikes the other from the rear. 2-vehicle accident in which one vehicle strikes the other from the rear.
“Following” vehicle“Leading” vehicle
Pre-accident condition of “leading” vehicle
• “Leading” vehicles suffer minor or no injuries.• “Following” vehicle usually sustain severe injuries.• Smaller the “following” vehicle, greater is the severity.
• Pre-accident condition of “leading” vehicle initiates this collision.
INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS
• Truck lay-bys lack facilities.
• Insufficient shoulder widths for the trucks.
TRUCKS AND DRIVERSAverage Age (Truckers)Average Age (Truckers) 34.2 years34.2 years
Average Age (Helpers)Average Age (Helpers) 24.3 years24.3 years
Literacy RateLiteracy Rate 96.1 %96.1 %
Basic Qualification RequiredBasic Qualification Required 88thth Standard Standard
Average Monthly Income Average Monthly Income (Truckers)(Truckers) Rs. 3,720Rs. 3,720
Average Monthly Income Average Monthly Income (Helpers)(Helpers) Rs. 2,220Rs. 2,220
Average Number of nights spent Average Number of nights spent away from home per monthaway from home per month 17.117.1
Poor reflective devices
Lack of RUP
Poor tyres
• Poor training.• Poor working
conditions.
More efforts and understanding required to educate, train & encourage truck drivers to drive safely on highways.
Non-functioning Tail Lamps
TRUCK FATALITIES & NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS– 2% of Indian road network– 65% freight traffic– 40% fatalities
Year Truck/LorryFatalities(All India)
% of Total Fatalities
(All India)
Total Fatalities(All India)
2005 21,864 23 98,2542006 23,350 22.6 1,05,7252007 23,991 21.5 1,14,590
State-wise %age truck fatalities. Bars in red indicate truck fatalities as highest in that State.
With around 32000 km being 4-laned under the NHDP project, should not truck accidents be a cause for
national concern?
THE URGENT NEED FOR THE URGENT NEED FOR IN-DEPTH TRUCK ACCIDENT IN-DEPTH TRUCK ACCIDENT
DATA COLLECTION DATA COLLECTION ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYSON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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