Journal of Innovation and Technology
Vol 2 No 1 (2021): April

A Study for Locations of Accident Prone on Some Provincial Roads in the West Kalimantan Province

Slamet Widodo (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak 78124)

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Publish Date
25 Apr 2021

Abstract

Nowadays more than one million people become victim in an accident on the roads. Some efforts have already been done to reduce globally the number accident. This paper is to show the condition of some provincial roads as location study in province of Kalimantan Barat regarding with description, characteristic, and the causes of accident. The results indicate that the human error take part dominantly around of 65% accident number, meanwhile vehicle condition and road environment contribute less than 5 %. The provincial road is dominated by the two-lane two-way facility. The finding shows the frontal collision type around of 42 % on the accident number. Number of motor cycle dominate the type of vehicle on the road. It coincides with percentage of motor cycle significant involved at an accident around of 71%. The frontal collision at location of study is more than twice compared to national data. Ratio number of accidents to length of road is located on the road segment from Ketapang to Pesaguan around of 0.884 each kilometer

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Journal of Innovation and Technology
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jit

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Forum Teknik, BKS-PTN Wilayah Barat, Indonesia

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Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Electrical & Electronics Engineering Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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Journal of Innovation and Technology aims to publish original research articles and critical review manuscript in the field of Engineering and Tecnology. The topics are including, but limited to: Mechanical and Manufacturing, Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Electrical and Telecommunication, Chemical ...