ACCIDENT CAUSES, BLACK SPOT IDENTIFICATION AND GEOMETRIC DESIGN ON NH-3

National highways and expressways are considered as main veins for the development of states in the country. Road traffic accidents have been recognized as one of those adverse element which contribute to the suffocation of economic growth in the developing countries, due to high coast related to them, hence causes social and economic concern. Transportations include Air transportation, land transportation and water transportation. Maharashtra is one of the India’s more advanced state and having relatively higher density of road network as well as motor vehicle as compared to other states. MUMBAI – AGRA National Highway (NH 3) connecting many of its major manufacturing center, commercial and culture centers. Rapid growth of population coupled with increased economic growth of motor vehicles. This is one of the primary factors responsible for road accidents. It’s observed that few works have been carried out on statistical analysis of accidents particularly on two- lane National Highways. The accidental data was collected for last three year, 2014-2016 from the Police Stations where FIR was lodged. The collected data were analyzed to evaluate the effect of influencing parameters on accidents on the selected stretch. In order to appreciate the scale of problem in the state, it is common practice to relate the number of road accidents and deaths to demographic and vehicles in districts (administrative unit of a state) of Maharashtra.