A

RESEARCH

ON

ROAD CRASH AND TRAFFIC OFFICE SCENARIO WITHIN KATHMANDU VALLEY

SUBMITTED BY:

ER. SANDESH LAMSAL

KATHMANDU, NEPAL
Background

Kathmandu is the most populated city in Nepal from the aspect of number of people and
vehicles. Hundreds of thousand vehicles and number of people travelling along the city has been
a major cause of accidents in Kathmandu valley. Motorbikes cars buses and local vehicles are the
major vehicles along the Kathmandu valley. Negligence of drivers, lack of traffic infrastructures
and many problems have directly involved in the accidents in the CAPITAL CITY OF NEPAL.
The important strategic road networks (SRN) in Kathmandu valley has been frequently suffering
from traffic congesting problem. The rapidly growing traffic volume is ultimately beyond the
capacity of the two-lane roads in Kathmandu valley. Government of Nepal has been allotting a
fund in budget head number 48-3/4-503 to widen such an important SRN from two lanes to four
or more lanes in Kathmandu valley. The project "Kathmandu Valley Road Improvement Project
(KVRIP)" has started in September 2007 to work extensively in these SRN. Widening of road
will help in road congestion which ultimately help in reducing the road accident.

Methodology:

We the group had been assigned to collect data in Jawalakhwl the heart of Lalitpur district.
Mahanagariya traffic karyalaya of Jawalakhel was our station for the collection of data.
Some of the collection techniques are as follow;
➢ questionnaires with traffic officers
 ➢ observing the place and sectors
➢ talking with some pedestrians and drivers on the spot area
➢ excel for data presentation
➢ internet

Data:

Presented in excel

Analysis:

Chart showing Road crash from the month of Shrawan to Mangsir

NO. OF CRASH
30

25

20

15

10

Shrawan Bhadra Ashwin Kartik Mangsir

From the chart, we can see that the maximum road crash has occur in the month of Bhadra.

Chart showing number of crash according to time

30
NO. OF CRASH

25

20

15

10

0
5-8AM 8-12AM 12-3PM 3-6PM 6-9PM 9-12PM

Above chart show that the maximum accident occurs in the time between 6-9PM.
Road accident data representation of 5 years’ data

NO. of People
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2068/69 2069/70 2070/71 2071/72 2072/73

Died Deeply injured Slightly injured

Conclusion:

We have taken the road crash data from the Jawalakhel Traffic Police Office and the data is
analyzed. From the data, we have seen that the accident is occurring almost daily. We haven’t seen
any dead report in the data of 5 months but the pedestrian got injured. The more road accident is
causing vehicles are bike and car. This may cause due to over speeding and using phone while
driving. We have seen the record of accident in zebra crossing also. Zebra crossing is made to give
more priority to the pedestrian but the man who drives the vehicle is not giving priority to the
pedestrian in zebra crossing. The accident may cause due to driving of vehicle by the
unexperienced driver. From the data, we have seen that the accident occurs more in the time
between 6pm and 9pm. This may be due to driving of vehicle by a person who have visibility
problems, head lights may not be working properly. Driving of vehicle by drinking alcohol mostly
done in the night, so the accident in the time 6-9pm might be more due to driving of vehicle by a drunk
people.

Recommendation:

➢ The people should be made aware about the traffic rules and regulation
➢ There should be strict rules against the drinking of alcohol while driving. The present rules
of Nepal against the alcohol consumption greatly help in the reduction of road accident.
➢ The pedestrian should be suggested to use zebra crossing, sky bridge while crossing road.
➢ There should be strict rules against the over speeding
➢ The driver should use seat belts.
➢ Construction of sky bridge at the intersection
➢ Proper use of traffic signals
➢ There should be provision of footpath for pedestrian
➢ Overloading in vehicle should not be allowed
➢ Widening of road
➢ Greater volume of public vehicle and its use
Photos of Jawalakhel: