- Accident prone location is termed as “BLACK SPOT”.
- Road accident black spot is literally not a spot but is a short stretch of road of about 500 metres.
- Wher five accidents involving serious injuries/ fatalities or ten fatalities took place during the past 3 calander years.
- Sometimes single accident can have multiple fatalities hence number of fatal/grievous accident at same location is better indicater of problematic road/road environment that the number of fatalities.
Causes:-
- Commissions & omissions in the development projects.
- Change in road side environment.
- Change in development scenario in the region,Like unplanned developments/unauthorised constructions on/near the roads like advertisement boards,poles,statues, buildings,trees,bushes etc.
- Therefore rectification of BLACK SPOT is continuous process.
HSE Guruji 