UNIT IV SAFETY AUDIT Need for Safety Audit Concept and Elements of Safety Audit Safety Audit for existing – – roads Legal requirements Provisions of Motor Vehicle Act and role of NGO’s in prevention – – of accidents. UNIT V ACCIDENT STUDIES AND INVESTIGATION Accident data Identification of Accident Prone Location Prioritisation Investigation – – – – Problems and Remedies REFERENCES: 1. Khanna S.K. and Justo C.E.G & Veeraragavan.A Highway Engineering, Nem Chand and Brothers, Roorkee, 2001 2. Robert F. Baker, Hand Book of Highway Engineering, Van NonstrantKeinhold Company, New York, 1975 3. Ministry of Surface Transport, Accident Investigation and Prevention Manual for Highway Engineers in India, Government of India, 2001 4. Robert F.Baker, The Highway Risk Problem Policy Issues in Highway Safety, John – Wiley and Sons.
UNIT IV SAFETY AUDIT Need for Safety Audit – Concept and Elements of Safety Audit – Safety Audit for existing roads – Legal requirements – Provisions of Motor Vehicle Act and role of NGO’s in prevention of accidents. UNIT V ACCIDENT STUDIES AND INVESTIGATION Accident data – Identification of Accident Prone Location – Prioritisation – Investigation – Problems and Remedies REFERENCES: 1. Khanna S.K. and Justo C.E.G & Veeraragavan.A Highway Engineering, Nem Chand and Brothers, Roorkee, 2001 2. Robert F. Baker, Hand Book of Highway Engineering, Van NonstrantKeinhold Company, New York, 1975 3. Ministry of Surface Transport, Accident Investigation and Prevention Manual for Highway Engineers in India, Government of India, 2001 4. Robert F.Baker, The Highway Risk Problem – Policy Issues in Highway Safety, John Wiley and Sons.