Speed Management and Safe Crossing on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway (N2) in Bangladesh

Impact Measurement
3.1 Spot <strong>and</strong> Intervention selection
Through detailed field study <strong>and</strong> crash record analysis, three spots have been selected on
Dhaka-Sylhet (N2) Highway. The location details is being reflected on table 3.1.
Table 3.1: Location details
Name of Location Union Upazila District Chainage
Kunderpara Baghabo Shibpur Narsingdi 61 km
Nilkuthi Mirzapur Raipura Narsingdi 80 km
Namapara Mirzapur Raipura Narsingdi 82 km
The criteria for selecting these sites were: high risk of road crashes, high number of vulnerable
road users, high speed of motorized traffic – often above 80 km/hr, absence of road safety
measures, <strong>and</strong> presence of a main ‘conflict zone’ between motorized traffic <strong>and</strong> vulnerable
road users that is limited in space. Over 2,000 pedestrians <strong>and</strong> 5,000 motorized vehicles pass
through each of these black spots daily.
The initial concentration was in the locations where first traffic mixed with slow traffic
with significant road side development. After the analysis of crash data, previous black
spot list, rigorous field visit, stakeholder analysis, road user interview, the spots <strong>and</strong> the
intervention were selected.
Another main consideration
during intervention selection
was the dem<strong>and</strong> of local
road user. The design
was replicated in all three
locations <strong>and</strong> evaluated later
with baseline data.
Two major parts of the
intervention were
1. Highway Intervention (HI)
<strong>and</strong>
2. Awareness, Community
Involvement <strong>and</strong> Education
(ACE) Program
Renowned road safety
experts from home <strong>and</strong>
Figure 3.1: Expert visit at project location
Report on <strong>Speed</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Crossing</strong> on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway (N2) in Bangladesh 18