Modeling road accidents on undivided two lane highways under mixed traffic conditions

Abstract

Highways play vital roles for the economic development of any nation The road network in India is 33 million kilometres It is the second largest in the world At the same time safety is the foremost attribute that affects the travel The rate of accidents in developing countries is much higher when compared to developed nations There are rare chances for occurrence of highway accidents when compared with accidents in urban roads but if it occurs the severity is high in highway accidents The overall objective of this study is to investigate the major factors causing highway accidents with respect to different Traffic conditions and road environments The entire investigation is divided into four distinct phases of activities