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A Presentation onA Presentation onImportance of Road Safety Importance of Road Safety Auditing in Existing Roads Auditing in Existing Roads

of Bangladeshof Bangladesh  

INTRODUCTIONRoad safety is a global socio-economic concern.Road accident rates and fatalities are alarmingly higher in developing countries like ours.Road safety audit is relatively new and highly cost-effective tool for accident prevention.Focus is given on the existing streets in and around the BUET Campus.“Prevention is better than cure” is the main motivation of the study.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

What is Road Safety Audit?

According to AUSTROADS 2002, “A road safety audit is a formal examination of a future road or traffic project or an existing road, in which an independent, qualified team reports on the project’s crash potential and safety performance.”

While doing the visit, it was seen that one of the major issue was sign related problems.The outcome of a road safety audit is a Road Safety Audit Report, that identifies any road safety deficiencies regarding sign issue and makes recommendations to remove or reduce the deficiencies.

Methodology followed for the RSA

Data Collection for RSA

Data Collection for SIGN

Location 3: Academic Building

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2

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Location 1: Gate 2 (Main Gate)Location 2: URP Building

STUDY AREA

Signs

Location Type Color Visibility &

Readability

Reflect

ivity

Conditions

In front of

Civil Building

2 Supplementary

Plate

Non

standard

Visible, ReadableYes OK

PARKING FOR

STAFF ONLY

In front of

Academic

Building

Regulatory Sign, Non

standard

Not Visible, Not

clearly Readable NoNot clearly visible;

A25 NO USE OF

HORN Sign is

suggested.

NO USE OF HORN

In front of

OAB Building

Supplementary Plate Non

standard

Not Visible, Not

clearly Readable NoNot clearly visible

ONE WAY

In front of

Auto Mobile

Shop

Regulatory Sign, Non

standard

Not Visible, Not

clearly Readable NoNot clearly visible;

A 25 NO USE OF

HORN Sign is

suggested.

NO USE OF HORN

Table - Inventory of Existing Traffic Signs

Necessary regulatory, warning and information signs are not found in many places. Some are placed in wrong position.Existing signs are not conspicuous and clear.Sometimes signs are not as per standard.Some of the existing signs are not visible due to billboards, posters, trees.

Photo: Signs are not seen due to obstruction

Photo: Faded color making sign ineffective

Red instead of blue & triangle in shape

Photo: Wrong Color code & shape in the information sign

PROBLEMS

Necessary regulatory, warning and information signs are to be placed.Signs having faded color in background, letters, symbols and borders should be repaired.Correct signs are to be used for each situation and existing signs which are not at right place are to be relocated at proper place.Non-standard signs placed at the shoulders are to be removed and appropriate signs to be placed at proper location.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Photo: ‘USE OF HORN’ sign near VC’S Resident

Photo: A3 ‘NO ENTRY’ sign near gate 1 from 7:00 am to 8:15 am

Photo: A 37 ‘ONE WAY TRAFFIC’ Regulatory sign is used near

Gate 2

Some suggested signs at various locations are shown below:

SI No

Location Existing Sign Standard sign Comments

1 BUET Main Gate

Improper placement and shape, size and color is not standard.Should be placed outside of the gate

2 In front of Academic Building

Should be replaced by horn prohibited sign

3In front ofEME Building

Should be replaced with proper sign & marking

Recommended Solution

Recommendations are already placed before.

There are no such guidelines for road safety auditing process for institutional areas in our country. So “Guidelines for Road Safety Audit” of AUSTROADS 2002 is used to do the study.No standard of sign has found for the institutional areas in our country. So “Traffic Sign Manual” published by “Bangladesh Road Transport Authority” is used as standard in the study area.

Conclusion of the Study

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