IDENTIFICATION OF BLACK SPOTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN CASABLANCA CITY

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IDENTIFICATION OF BLACK SPOTS OF TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS IN CASABLANCA CITY
KINGDOM OF MOROCCO MINISTRY OF EQUIPMENT AND
TRANSPORT NATIONAL COMMITTE OF PREVENTION OF
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Benacer BOULAAJOUL Permanent Secretary
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SUMMARY

• Road safety in Morocco
• The Objectives
• The Missions
• The main results of the study
• The recommandations
• The guidelines for other cities

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Traffic Safety management in Morocco

• Inter-ministerial Committee of Road Safety
  (CISR) Head of the Government
• Permanent Committee of Road Safety (CPSR)
  Minister of Equipment and Transport
• Regional Committee of Road Safety (CRSR) Wali of
  the region

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National Committee of Prevention from Traffic
Accidents

• Communication
• Road Education
• Studies in Road Safety field
• Purchase Road safety equipments Radars, weight
  equipment,

To develop the Role of Expert in Road Safety
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Studies
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THE OBJECTIVES of Casablanca Project

• Develop a new approach to resolve road safety
  problems in urban areas.
• Show to responsables at local level, using a case
  study, that road safety, mainly in urban area,
  needs a scientific approach
• Give a material, from a study, to local authority
  to implement and to improve the safety of road
  users.

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THE MAIN RESULTS OF THE STUDY
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MAIN RESULTS OF THE STUDY

• Statistic analysis of accidents and victims
  within five years
• Institutional and organizational analysis of
  traffic safety in Casablanca city
• Mapping of accidents and victims using data for
  five years
• Development of a specific GIS which made it
  possible to locate geo-physical accidents (4682
  traffic accidents and 5896 victims were located
  exactly in the map)
• Developing maps of accidents and victims as
  needed, particularly by sub-areas in the city
  (Prefecture), year, categories of users. All
  variables of the database accidents can be used
  to meet specific needs
• Identification of 46 BS of traffic accidents in
  Casablanca city junctions (24) and straight
  sections (22).

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MAIN RESULTS OF THE STUDY

• Deep study for 36 among very dangerous black
  spots and recording video of the behaviour of
  road users in 10 BS
• Proposal of adequat solutions in terms of
  infrastructures and signals
• Made recommendations of actions and measures
  relating to road safety in urban areas in
  general, and selected BS in particular in terms
  of
• behaviour
• infrastructure
• Taffic and transportation
• Institutional and management of road safety
  sector in the city.

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Number of Black Spots by Geographic areas
Prefecture   Number of Black Spots Number of Black Spots
Prefecture   Junctions Straight Sections
Al Fida 6 5
Anfa 3 4
Ain Chock Hay Hassani 1 3
Ain Sbaa 3 5
Ben Msick Mediouna 11 4
Bernoussi zenata 0 1
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BS in Straight Sections
 Point N  Localisation  Préfecture  Tués  BG Acc 
P1 route Jadida angle bd jrada Al Fida 7 18 14
P2 Bd Med Ben Abdellah angle rue doukkala Anfa 2 12 11
P3 Av armee Royale angle bd taher alaoui Anfa 2 17 18
P4 Av AHAssan II angle Bd Rachidi Anfa 3 9 11
P5 Bd des Almouahades face Mosquee Oulad Hamra Anfa 7 6 11
P6 Av 2 Mars hauteur rue 21 Ain Chock Hay Hassani 8 8 14
P7 Bd Inzegane angle Bd Panoramique Ain Chock Hay Hassani 7 6 12
P8 Rue de la gare angle rue 53 Al Fida 4 11 12
P9 Rue de la gare angle rue 4 Al Fida 3 10 11
P10 Route oulad Ziane face residence oulad ziane Ain Sbaa 2 11 13
P11 Av Al Kods angle ruec 18 Ain ckock Hay Hassani 3 8 11
P12 Av 6 Nov hauteur rue 14 Ben Msick Mediouna 4 12 14
P13 Av Med VI Angle AV Dakhla Ben Msick Mediouna 12 13 24
P14 Bd Grande Ceinture angle Av Joulane Al Fida 5 7 12
P15 Av Joulane Angle rue 78 Ain Sbaa 7 18 24
P16 AV abou Houraira Hauteur rue 48 Ain Sbaa 5 19 23
P17 Bd Reda Guedira hauteur rue 27 Ben Msick Mediouna 1 12 13
P18 Av 10 Mars angle rue 23 Ain Sbaa 5 12 16
P19 Bd Grande Ceinture angle Av Okba Bnou Nafii Ain Sbaa 6 6 11
P20 Av 10 Mars angle Av Driss Harti Ben Msick Mediouna 8 31 38
P21 Av Abi Dar Ghaffari anlge rue 39 bernoussi zenata 2 8 10
P22 Bd Fida face rue 21 Al Fida 4 8 12
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BS in Junctions
Point N Localisation Préfecture Tués BG ACC
P1 Place Oued Almakhazen Anfa 1 13 13
P2 Route des universités Angle Av Abderrahmane Bouabid Alfida 7 18 14
P3 Rond Point Province Ben M'sick 5 25 24
P4 Av Al Joulane angle Av Abou Houraira Ben M'sick 5 20 22
P5 Autoroute Alfida 7 5 11
P6 Av Commandant Driss Alharti Ben M'sick 2 15 16
P7 Autoroute Ain chok 8 8 12
P8 AV.CHAHID ABDERRAHMANE LAMKHANET angle AV.10 MARS Ben M'sick 5 10 12
P9 Autoroute Ain Sbaa 6 5 11
P10 BD.DE LA GRANDE CEINTURE angle AV.EL JOULANE Alfida 2 9 11
P11 R.ANNOUSSOUR angle BD.MOHAMED ZERKTOUNI Alfida 3 9 12
P12 BD.LAHRAOUINE angle AV.DRISS EL HARTI Ben M'sick 6 6 11
P13 AV.10 MARS 1982 angle AV.ABOU HOURAIRA Ben M'sick 3 10 12
P14 AV.10 MARS 1982 angle AV.BOUZIANE Ben M'sick 2 10 11
P15 AV.AL JOULANE angle R.48 HAUTEUR SURTE NATIONAL Ben M'sick 1 10 11
P16 BD.AL MASSIRA ANGLE BD.FOUARATE Ain Sbaa 9 1 10
P17 AV.AL JOULANE ANGLE BD.REDA GUEDIRA Ben M'sick 2 9 10
P18 BD.MOHMED VI ( EX ROUTE MEDIOUNA ) ANGLE R.MANUTENTION Alfida 5 8 11
P19 AV.ABDELLAH SANHAJI ANLE AV.ABOU HORAIRA Ben M'sick 6 9 12
P20 BD.DE LA RESISTANCE ANGLE R.HAJJAJ IBNOU ARTAA Anfa 4 10 13
P21 RUE.C ANGLE ROUTE OULAD ZIANE Ain Sbaa 3 12 14
P22 R.DE LA GARE EX LA CROIX ANGLE R.53 R.4 Alfida 2 10 11
P23 AV.AL JOULANE ANGLE R.1 Ben M'sick 1 10 11
P24 AV.HASSAN II ANGLE BD.MOHAMED ZERKTOUNI Anfa 4 7 10
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THE TYPOLOGY OF ACCUMULATION ZONES

• Areas examined can be grouped as follows
• Main roads (boulevards) in the city
• Streets with high pedestrian traffic mainly near
  (rail stations, shopping centres, hospitals,
  schools,. ..)
• Junctions
• Highway interchanges
• Exits from tunnels.

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Point P21, Route Oulad Ziane  BUS STATION 
tunnel EXIT
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P18, Avenue Med VI angle R. Azzaitoune et R.
Manutention
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Malfunctions Recommandations Actions Price total Price
P20, Boulevard de la Résistance  Rue Hajjaj Ibnou Artaa  Tunnel EXIT P20, Boulevard de la Résistance  Rue Hajjaj Ibnou Artaa  Tunnel EXIT   62600
Urban Boulevard with 6 lanes very large, amplified by the underpass. Provide a safe pedestrian crossing on this sector, Create and secure pedestrian crossings 2800  
The speeds on the boulevard are quite high, but it is mainly a "cut" or urban pedestrian crossings are not organized, too long and very dangerous. Adjust the ends of body guard to eliminate the risk associated with a serious shock   0  
Many illegal pedestrian crossings that take significant risks (lack of safe pedestrian crossing). Reinforcing signs of the underpass (problem of readability) Vertical signs of reporting underpass 6800  
The vertical signs including treatment of the fixture of underpass is too limited. Rework profile across the area considering a separation of flow by a median strip side to shrink the overall grip Boulevard and avoid entrecroisements intempestifs .. Completion of a land full side 23000  
The guards body of the structure are obstacles very dangerous for all users.   Resume body guards (compliance with road safety standards) 30000  
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COMMUN DYSFUNCTIONS

• General problems identified from the analysis of
  30 BS are
• Bad distribution of spaces between different kind
  of road users
• Roads, Streets and junctions are very wide
• Bicycles, moped and pedestrians are poorly
  considered in the Traffic management system
• Lack of signals light, horizontal and vertical
• Lack of directional signs
• Parking of cars are poorly organized.

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
AND CONTROL IN URBAN AREAS
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GENERAL RECOMMANDATIONS

1. Introduce Road Safety Audit for all new projects
   
2. Need to develop GIS to understand traffic
   accidents, mainly in big cities
3. Need of technical guidelines concerning
   infrastructure management dedicated to
   pedestrians, cyclists and motocyclists
4. Establishing evaluation system to follow
   Traffic accidents / field analysis /
   countermeasures
5. Definition of a new policy of Maintenance of
   equipment related to road safety.

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RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE

• Strengthen the safety of vulnerable road users
  by
• - Make free sidewalks for pedestrians from
  commercial activities, furnitures, plantation ..
• - Adopting new types of road safety equiment,
  particularly in residential areas in which there
  is a high concentration of pedestrians to reduce
  speed Humps, elevated walkways,
• -Introduction walk zones where the speed can not
  exceed 30 km/h, mainly near commercial areas,
  schools, and near public equipment in general
• Establish a horizontal and vertical signals
  adapted to the safety of pedestrians
• Provide appropriate cycle paths beside the
  streets when its available

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RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE

• Reduce the size of central crossroads in the main
  junctions with traffic signals, and create
  special lanes for "turn left"
• Introduce Smart Regulation Systems for traffic,
  especially in big cities

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