Urban Transportation and Logistics

143Road Safety

6.7.2.2 Traffic Accidents Occurred at Nakahata Curve

Figure6.6 indicates the location and the types of accidents recorded at

Nakahata Curve in 2002. For convenience and considering the horizon-

tal alignment of the road, the studied section is assumed to be classied

into the nine subsections shown in Figure6.6.

Judging from Figure 6.6, it can be said that the section with the

highest number of accidents is the third transition curve between the

short, straight section and the second curve, which has a diameter of

300 m. The number of accidents in this section reached twenty-four in

2002. Further, the second highest number of ...