The concept “Accident Blackspots” used to define road sections where most accidents occur globally, is also used to define “road sections where certain types of accidents specifically occur”. In other words, accident blackspots define not all spots where accidents occur but those where certain types of accidents are specifically encountered.
Identification and improvement of accident blackspots is important as part of works seeking to ensure traffic safety and to reduce the number of accidents.
The first step towards the reduction of lives lost as part of total traffic safety efforts is, first, to identify sections of roads, streets, avenues, intersections and other road sections alike, where traffic accidents and resulting deaths are significantly high in a given time so as to eliminate, through information campaigns and enforcement, any shortcomings with such roads and the surroundings thereof, with the ultimate goal of preventing deaths.
Objective |
O.3. Identification and Improvement of Accident Blackspots on Urban and Inter-city Road Network through Scientific Methods to Prevent Deaths |
Target-1 |
T.3.1. Identification of accident blackspots on urban and inter-city road network and infrastructural arrangements as required |
Target-2 |
T.3.2. Demonstration of traffic accident data on POLNET and JTBS (traffic databanks of the Police and the Gendarmerie, respectively) as well as analyses and reporting thereof |
Target-3 |
T.3.3. Provision of traffic units with the digital infrastructure focusing on statistical outcomes to enable enforcement and penalty analyses |
Table of Bodies Responsible and Cooperation Bodies in Relation with Performance Indicators |
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Performance Indicators |
Responsible and Cooperation Bodies |
Impact on Target (%) |
Planning Period Baseline Value (2020) |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
PI 3.1.1: The number of accident blackspots and road sections with a high potential for accidents to be improved on the road network of the General Directorate of Highways |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of Highways COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie |
40% |
65 |
135 |
210 |
285 |
PI 3.1.2: Rate of completion of required analyses and assessments for the identification of accident blackspots on municipal roads |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of Local Governments, Local Governments Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie |
30% |
- |
50% |
100% |
100% |
PI 3.1.3: Rate of completion of infrastructure works to improve accident blackspots on municipal roads |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of Local Governments, Local Governments Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie |
30% |
- |
- |
50% |
100% |
PI 3.2.1: Rate of completion of infrastructure works to enable entry of crash reports on POLNET and JTBS databases by traffic officers of the General Directorate of the Turkish National Police and the General Command of the Gendarmerie |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments Local Governments General Directorate of Emergency Health Services, General Directorate of Communication |
25% |
30% |
50% |
100% |
- |
3.2.2: Rate of completion of the required infrastructure works for detailed and accurate analyses of crash, enforcement and penalty data |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments Local Governments General Directorate of Emergency Health Services, General Directorate of Communication |
25% |
30% |
50% |
100% |
- |
Performance Indicators |
Responsible and Coordination Bodies |
Impact on Target (%) |
Planning Period Baseline Value (2020) |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
PI 3.2.3: The number of digital traffic safety maps based on density analyses (road users, vehicles, transportation, accident, etc.) |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie, General Directorate of Emergency Health Services, General Directorate of Communication, Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities |
25% |
- |
30 |
30 |
21 |
PI 3.2.4: Number of institutions responsible for the construction, maintenance and repair of urban and inter-city roads with whom data from density analyses are mutually exchanged in view to improve accident blackspots and road sections with traffic density |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments, General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Emergency Health Services, General Directorate of Communication, Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities |
25% |
- |
30 |
30 |
21 |
PI 3.3.1: Rate of completion of infrastructure works to enable traffic units of the General Directorate of the Turkish National Police and the General Command of the Gendarmerie enter data on the POLNET and JTBS |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities, General Directorate of Emergency Health Services |
30% |
- |
50% |
100% |
- |
PI 3.3.2: Number of provinces, where root-causes of accidents on accident blackspots have been analyzed to feed into enforcement practices |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities, General Directorate of Emergency Health Services |
50% |
- |
30 |
30 |
21 |
PI 3.3.3: Number of annual training courses for staff at units responsible for analyses |
RESPONSIBLE BODIES: General Directorate of the Turkish National Police, General Command of the Gendarmerie COOPERATION BODIES: General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of Local Governments, Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Municipalities, General Directorate of Emergency Health Services |
20% |
- |
2 |
4 |
4 |
Risks |
Shortcomings in resources for responsible bodies Issues in data collection, assessment and analyses Shortages in trained staff |
Strategies |
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Findings |
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Needs |
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