This paper is published in Volume-3, Issue-2, 2017
Area
Civil Engineering
Author
Dhiraj Borole, Jyoti R. Mali, Vishal Patil, Kiran Pachpole, Bhushan Pandhare, Rupesh Borole
Org/Univ
Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust College of Engineering and Technology , Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Pub. Date
21 April, 2017
Paper ID
V3I2-1512
Publisher
Keywords
Accidents, Accident Forecasting, Accident Prone Zones.

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Dhiraj Borole, Jyoti R. Mali, Vishal Patil, Kiran Pachpole, Bhushan Pandhare, Rupesh Borole. Studies on Road Accidents on National Highway No.6, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Dhiraj Borole, Jyoti R. Mali, Vishal Patil, Kiran Pachpole, Bhushan Pandhare, Rupesh Borole (2017). Studies on Road Accidents on National Highway No.6. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(2) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Dhiraj Borole, Jyoti R. Mali, Vishal Patil, Kiran Pachpole, Bhushan Pandhare, Rupesh Borole. "Studies on Road Accidents on National Highway No.6." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.2 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Globalization has impacted many developing countries across the world. India is one such country, which benefited the most. Increased, economic activity raised the consumption levels of the people across the country. This created scope for increase in travel and transportation. The increase in the vehicles since last 10 years has put lot of pressure on the existing roads and ultimately resulting in road accidents. It is estimated that since 2001 there is an increase of 202 percent of two wheeler and 286 percent of four wheeler vehicles with no road expansion. Motor vehicle crashes are a common cause of death, disability and demand for emergency medical care. Globally, more than 1 million people die each year from traffic crashes and about 20–50 million are injured or permanently disabled. There has been increasing trend in road accidents in Jalgaon over a few years. GIS helps in locating the accident hotspots and also in analyzing the trend of road accidents in Jalgaon.