Influence of road traffic vehicle volume with damage and road safety

Abstract

Increasing population and vehicles on the road will be accompanied by increased transportation needs so that the traffic density cannot be avoided. Generally, happens on a national road route, which is a connecting road between the provincial capital and a national strategic highway. The traffic density is potentially a bottleneck, road damage, and traffic accidents. The research aims to determine the influence of vehicle volume against the damage and safety of roads in one of the national roads in West Java. The Data sourced from road planning and supervision, the police sector, and field Survey Board. The methods used Bina Marga method to determine the number of road damage, RCI, and IRI methods to assess the value of road conditions, and to determine the influence of inter-variable, road safety inspection refers to the test of the roadway to evaluate roadworthiness of road functions. The results of the study gained that the impact of vehicle volume on road traffic damage and categorized accidents was insignificant. The dominant factor in the traffic accident that occurs caused by carelessness and unorderly driving. These roads in the road category are still eligible and recommended for routine maintenance.