ROAD SAFETY AUDIT ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY 40 FROM NANDYAL TO KURNOOL

India has a road network of an estimated 3.3 million km, which carries nearly 65 percent of freight and 85 percent of passenger traffic. The road traffic is estimated to be growing at an annual rate of 7-10 percent, while the vehicle population is growing at a rate of 12 percent per year. A Road Safety Audit (RSA) qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and identifies opportunities for improvements in safety for all road users. The Road Safety Audit consists of safety principles to the design of a new or a rehabilitated road section, to prevent frequent occurrence of accidents or to reduce their severity. In this project we have taken a stretch on NH-40 from Nandyal to Kurnool. Road safety audit is carried with the help of field survey reports on road merger or di- verger, road curves, truck or bus lay by, culverts, institutions, median, road intersections. This study follows MANUAL ON ROAD SAFETY AUDIT (IRC:SP:88-2010). The scope of study is to identify the accident prone areas, minimize accidents on the road and need for costly remedial work is reduce.