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A Predictive Approach to Identify Geometrically Hazardous Road Segments and Evaluate the Relative Safety Effects of Design Alternatives

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  • Alamirew Mulugeta Tola

    (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Geotechnics and Coastal Engineering, Rostock University, 18051 Rostock, Germany
    Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Jimma University, Jimma 378, Ethiopia)

  • Tamene Adugna Demissie

    (Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Jimma University, Jimma 378, Ethiopia)

  • Fokke Saathoff

    (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Geotechnics and Coastal Engineering, Rostock University, 18051 Rostock, Germany)

  • Alemayehu Gebissa

    (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Geotechnics and Coastal Engineering, Rostock University, 18051 Rostock, Germany)

Abstract

This study has two goals: First, to fill a gap in the use of the predictive approach for evaluating road safety performance in Ethiopia, the most recent analytical methods of the HSM predictive approach in IHSDM software were used to evaluate the safety and operational effects of the existing roadway geometric design. Second, to assure safety and a sustainable transportation system, the relative safety effects of design changes made to hazardous road segments were quantified. Based on the Crash Prediction Module (CPM) evaluation of IHSDM software, the study identified fifteen hazardous road segments on the existing rural two-lane roads of Addis Ababa to Chacha and Addis Ababa to Dillela. The design changes made to the hazardous road segments have resulted in a remarkable reduction in crash rate, especially on the first top five hazardous segments, where incredible improvements have been observed. The total safety benefits acquired by applying engineering mitigations to the fifteen identified hazardous segments are described as follows: 17.18% reduction in total crash frequency (crashes/year), 58.94% reduction in crash rate (crashes/km/year), and 58.86% reduction in travel crash rate (crashes/million veh-km). In general, the study’s findings underlined the effectiveness of performance-based road safety evaluation and design in providing safe, efficient, and economically-feasible roadway infrastructure. The IHSDM reports and graphical outputs assist decision-making in the roadway design process by providing a quantitative evaluation of the safety impact of various design features and identifying roadway segments with safety concerns. Additionally, IHSDM is a tool capable of saving time for Road Safety Audit (RSA) teams. The paper also outlined the need for a computerized crash database recording system in Ethiopia to develop jurisdiction-specific Safety Performance Functions (SPFs).

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  • Alamirew Mulugeta Tola & Tamene Adugna Demissie & Fokke Saathoff & Alemayehu Gebissa, 2022. "A Predictive Approach to Identify Geometrically Hazardous Road Segments and Evaluate the Relative Safety Effects of Design Alternatives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-22, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:3026-:d:764601
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