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ANALYSIS OF HEAVY TRUCK ACCIDENTS ON NH 45

ANALYSIS OF HEAVY TRUCK ACCIDENTS ON NH 45. METHODOLOGY. CRASH SCENE AND VEHICLE EXAMINATION. AAAAAAAAA. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS. 32 accidents examined in 45 days. Night time accidents highest. 75km stretch of NH45. Heavy truck involvement highest.

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ANALYSIS OF HEAVY TRUCK ACCIDENTS ON NH 45

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  1. ANALYSIS OF HEAVY TRUCK ACCIDENTS ON NH 45

  2. METHODOLOGY CRASH SCENE AND VEHICLE EXAMINATION AAAAAAAAA

  3. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS • 32 accidents examined in 45 days. • Night time accidents highest. • 75km stretch of NH45. • Heavy truck involvement highest. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HEAVY TRUCKS Type of Road User Time of Day • 18 accidents involving heavy trucks. • 22 of the 25 trucks examined. • Front-Rear collisions serious in numbers and injury severity.

  4. FRONT-REAR COLLISIONS 2-vehicle accident in which one vehicle strikes the other from the rear. “Leading” vehicle “Following” 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. Pre-accident condition of “leading” vehicle

  5. INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS • Truck lay-bys lack facilities. • Insufficient shoulder widths for the trucks.

  6. TRUCKS AND DRIVERS Poor reflective devices Non-functioning Tail Lamps Lack of RUP • Poor training. • Poor working conditions. Poor tyres More efforts and understanding required to educate, train & encourage truck drivers to drive safely on highways.

  7. TRUCK FATALITIES & NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS • 2% of Indian road network • 65% freight traffic • 40% fatalities With around 32000 km being 4-laned under the NHDP project, should not truck accidents be a cause for national concern? State-wise %age truck fatalities. Bars in red indicate truck fatalities as highest in that State.

  8. THE URGENT NEED FOR IN-DEPTH TRUCK ACCIDENT DATA COLLECTION ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

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