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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