Metodología para evaluación de seguridad vial en autovías concesionadas, en la provincia de El Oro

Abstract

In the development of the Strategic Mobility Plan of the Republic of Ecuador, the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works in 2016, prioritized different projects of expansion and conversion into high-capacity roads different routes of the country, of which it is planned to carry out the road safety assessment of a concessioned route that is part of Route E25 and is located in the province of El Oro, linking the cities or cantons of El Guabo, Machala, Santa Rosa, Huaquillas and Arenillas, with an extension of 95 kilometers approximate. Within the framework of the concession contract for the Río Siete - Huaquillas route between the concessionaire and the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works, we are framed in the development of solutions for the concessioned section to develop a methodology for an appropriate evaluation of road safety. For the elaboration of this methodology the key piece is to inquire, firstly; an inventory, the mortality rate, accident rate and critical sites called - black spots, these in turn, should be analyzed to be able to implement solutions and minimize accident sites and benefit the good use of this sector of the road corridor towards users of the concession, in addition this investigative issue proposes that future concessions maintain a model of indicators that allow these in turn to reduce the accident rates, keeping users a first-rate road, based on the already known Traffic data daily average- TPDA, and the number of accidents caused, giving a concept of solutions to these critical sites. Through this process, the concept of dangerous sections of a concessioned highway was taken into account, which are called black points, designating the sectors where accidents occur more frequently.