Ranking Road Safety Hazardous Locations in Nepal : A Case Study of Kalanki (Ch.10+600) – Koteshwor (Ch.20+994) Road Section
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Abstract
In Nepal, there are many emerging towns and cities due to rapid urbanizations which
have arose issues of increased traffic density resulting in frequent road crashes like in
Kalanki Koteshwor Ring Road Section.
This study presents six stage methodological framework for ranking road safety
hazardous locations based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and field survey
(condition rating) to identify the hazardous locations of Kalanki Koteshwor Road
Section by weighing the safety parameters of the road section and calculating the
Safety Hazardous Index (SHI). The results show that road section ’Ch.12+600 km to
Ch.14+600 km’ is ranked as the most hazardous location with SHI 12.38 and
’Ch.10+600 km to Ch.12+600 km’ is ranked as the least hazardous location with SHI
9.30 among the five road sections considered. This ranking can be a prompt technique
for prioritizing the treatment of the hazardous locations keeping available road safety
budget in mind.
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In Nepal, there are many emerging towns and cities due to rapid urbanizations which
have arose issues of increased traffic density resulting in frequent road crashes like in
Kalanki Koteshwor Ring Road Section.
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING