Accident Due to Pavement Condition – A Review

Abstract

Accidents are a never ending issue and have been in the rise for the past decades. It has been a significant contributor towards death of human which is alarming yearly with the increase of road users and also with the large construction of road pavement around the globe. This paper is intended to provide an overview regarding the rate of accident and pavement conditions. Human factors has been widely known and established as one of the main contributor to road accidents. This study therefore will be focusing more on to pavement conditions, where its relation with accidents needs to be further explored. Macrotexture, microtexture and surface roughness plays an important role in providing an acceptable and ideal pavement condition. Higher friction between the tire and pavement should be established in order to resist skid and rutting effects. In order to solve problems related to accidents, the causes of accidents has to be further analyzed. A review on pavement conditions and accidents will be discussed further in this paper.

Literature Review and a Conceptual Research Framework of Adaptive Street Lighting Criteria

“…The main variable is the amount of operation hours at night, as dictated by light perception, visual adaptation, varying climate, pavement type, etc. [11]. II.…”

Performance of Ralumac Micro Surfacing at LATAR Highway

“…IRI, rutting, texture depth and pavement cracks are measured by the road scanner along the pavement lanes [13]. Road scanner can capture pavement functional condition data, survey mapping information and roadside asset details whilst travelling at highway speed.…”

“…A lower skid resistance value increases accident risk on wet roads due to insufficient friction force develops within tyre and road [17]. A pavement with higher skid resistance minimizes the skidding thus increase the road safety [13]. The Malaysia Highway Authority (MHA) recommends the threshold for skid resistance is SCRIM value above 0.38.…”

“…Many studies have found that pavement conditions such as roughness, rutting depth, and the overall pavement condition significantly have variable effects on accident occurrences -accident frequencies, rates, or injury-severities [11,12] with poor pavement conditions were associated with more severe crash [9]. Serious attention by relevant authorities are needed for pavement deterioration and defects as it leads to skidding, driving off tracks, improper manoeuvring to avoid the road defects and also prolonged driver braking distance [13].…”

Development of Porous Asphalt with Bitumen Emulsion, Electric arc Furnace Slag and Cellulose Fibers for Medium Traffic Roads

“…It should be noted that most land transport is carried out by road, moving huge volumes of products and facilitating the market [17]. In turn, the good condition of pavement has been demonstrated in various publications as having a significant influence on fuel consumption, and consequently, on CO 2 emissions, and even more so, on accidents [18][19][20]. Therefore, far from trying to avoid the construction of new roads or maintenance, quality infrastructure must be provided, which affords a comfortable and safe wearing course, and at the same time, is as sustainable as possible [21,22].…”