Identification and Prioritization of Black Spots in Hilly Road Segment Using Accident Severity Index Method

Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTA) will become the third-largest contributor to global burden of diseases after ischemic heart and depression. The place where accident percentages are higher is called as black spot location. most common assumption for a location that, there should be any road environmental or geometric issues resulting in repetition accidents. Methodology: Our study was conducted two districts Northern Region India (Uttarakhand). data were collected on various factors such weather, type, severity levels, geometry number curves, segment length, Annual Average Daily Traffic. Results: present an attempt find out spots measure index (ASI) identified areas Dehradun Haridwar. For each ASI calculated Rankings allotted so spots. Conclusion: also suggests that RTA taken under consideration per rather than frequency