JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• 1. This course discusses the fundamentals of traffic engineering & some of the statistical methods to analyze the traffic safety.
• 2. The accident investigation and risk involved with measures to identify the causes are dealt.
• 3. The various traffic management systems for safety & safety improvement strategies are dealt.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• 1. To understand fundamentals of traffic engineering.
• 2. To investigate & determine the collective factors & remedies of accidents involved.
• 3. To design & plan road geometrics to improve safety.
• 4. Role of Urban infrastructure design in safety.
• 5. To conduct road safety audits.

UNIT - I

Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering - Basic Characteristics of Motor-Vehicle Traffic, Highway Capacity, Applications of Traffic Control Devices, Traffic Design of Parking Facilities, Traffic Engineering Studies; Statistical Methods in Traffic Safety Analysis – Regression Methods, Poisson Distribution, Chi- Squared Distribution, Statistical Comparisons.

UNIT - II

Accident Investigations and Risk Management, Collection and Analysis of Accident Data, Condition and Collision Diagram, Causes and Remedies, Traffic Management Measures and Their Influence on Accident Prevention, Assessment of Road Safety, Methods to Identify and Prioritize Hazardous Locations and Elements, Determine Possible Causes of Crashes, Crash Reduction Capabilities and Countermeasures, Effectiveness of Safety Design Features, Accident Reconstruction

UNIT - III

Road Safety in Planning And Geometric Design: Vehicle And Human Characteristics, Road Design and Road Equipments, Redesigning Junctions, Cross Section Improvements, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Roads, Road Maintenance, Traffic Control, Vehicle Design and Protective Devices, Post Accident Care

UNIT - IV

Role of Urban infrastructure design in safety: Geometric Design of Roads; Design of Horizontal and Vertical Elements, Junctions, At Grade and Grade Separated Intersections, Road Safety in Urban Transport, Sustainable Modes and their Safety.

UNIT - V

Traffic Management Systems for Safety, Road Safety Audits and Tools for Safety Management Systems, Road Safety Audit Process, Approach to Safety, Road Safety Improvement Strategies, ITS and Safety.

REFERENCES BOOKS:

• 1. Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning – L.R. Kadiyali, Khanna Publishers
• 2. Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering - C.S.Papacostas, Prentice Hall India.
• 3. Transportation Engineering – An Introduction, C.Jotin khisty, B. Kent Lall R19 M.TECH HIGHWAY ENGG.
• 4. Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering, Richardo G Sigua
• 5. Handbook of Road Safety measures, second Edition, Rune Elvik, Alena Hoye, Truls Vaa, Michael Sorenson
• 6. Road Safety by NCHRP R19 M.TECH HIGHWAY ENGG. M.TECH.- I YEAR- I SEMESTER HIGHWAY ENGINEERING