Highway Safety Enhancement Project

in China

Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China

23 May, 2013

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BackgroundSince 2003: Chinese government has taken a series of measures to curb road accidents

In 2004: Ministry of Transport launched the Highway Safety Enhancement Project (HSEP)

In 2002: peak of fatalities

Highway Safety Enhancement Project (HSEP)

In 2007, country roads were incorporated into the HSEP.

Theme: Eliminating potential risk, cherishing life.

Task: Handle the dangerous sections on national and provincial highways, such as sharp curve, steep slope, continuous downgrade, poor sight distance, and dangerous roadsides.  

Measure: Comprehensive countermeasure, with traffic engineering at the core.

Target: Minimize road traffic casualties and reduce fatality rate.

Sharp Curve Steep SlopeContinuousDowngrade

Poor Sight Distance

DangerousRoadsideDangerous sections

Safe Economical

Environmental Friendly Effective

Belgian Surface Raised Pavement Markers

BumpsConvex Mirror

Solar Signs

Steel-backed Wood Guardrails

Raised Pavement Markers

Lane Dividers

Rumble Strips

Concrete Barrier

W-beam Guardrail

Concrete Barrier

Highway Safety Enhancement Project (HSEP)

Outcome of the HSEP

Accumulated investment about 20 billion RMB.

Dealing with over 424,000 sections with potential risk, 134,000 km in total.

The implementation of the HSEP greatly enhanced road safety.

In  2005,  the  run‐off‐the‐road  accidents  with  3  fatalities  and  above  in  one 

accident  in road transportation enterprises decreased by 45.8% compared with 

the previous year.

According to the sample survey on 219 sections/5,625km covered in the project, 

annual traffic accident, annual fatalities and annual injured decreased by 69.74％, 

81.49% and 72.29% respectively after the third year of  the HSEP implementation. 

Sichuan

Chongqing

Yunnan

Guizhou

Outcome of the HSEP

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G213

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4 provinces highway network Total 6950km

Outcome of the HSEP

实施前

Risk Map

F barrier

Speed reduction markings

village on curve

After the implementation of the HSEP in 2010, the accident rate of all accidents and

serious accident per 100 million vehicle kilometers decrease by 23.3% and 33.1% respectively

compared to average of the first 3 years before the HSEP implementation .

Accident rate per 100 million vehicle kilometers traveled

Outcome of the HSEP

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