Road safety analysis on Achmad Yani frontage road Surabaya

Machsus*, I. Prayogo, Chomaedhi, D. W. Hayati, A. Utanaka

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Abstract

This research discusses road safety analysis on the operation of frontage road on the west side of Achmad Yani Road Surabaya. This research began by conducting survey on secondary data of traffic accidents. In addition, primary data survey was conducted to obtain traffic data, geometric road data, and other supporting data at the study site along the west side frontage of Ahmad Yani Road Surabaya. Devices used in this research include camera, handy cam, speed gun, counters of vehicles, rolling meter, computer and others. In outline, the stages to conduct this research are divided into 4 stages, namely 1.the preparation stage, 2.data collection and processing, 3. analysis and discussion, and 4. conclusion. The results of this study showed that the accident characteristics of the frontage road are (i) 3 accidents occured per month, (ii) motorcycles was accounted for the largest proportion of accidents which amounted to 74.6 percent, (iii) there were 3 accident victims per month, and (iv) material losses per month worths 1.2 million. The accident rate in 2016 was 0.04 crashes per one million vehicle travels per kilometer, while during 2 months in 2017 it was 0.15 accidents per one million vehicle travels per kilometer. Black spot area of accident is located on Sta 2 + 800 to 2 + 900 which is in front of Graha Pena building and DBL Arena. The high rate of accidents is influenced by the speed of the vehicle which 85 percentile exceeds the speed limit of 40km per hour.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012027
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume267
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Nov 2017
EventInternational Conference of Applied Science and Technology for Infrastructure Engineering 2017, ICASIE 2017 - Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Duration: 5 Aug 2017 → …

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