Abstract:
It was identified that the total traffic accidents in the highway section of Siak, Indonesia
within the period of 2011 to 2015 were 1,208 events (2 accidents per 3 days). This accidents figure
were considered relatively high and it need to mitigate. The aim of this research are to; (i) analyze
the location of Black Spot in the Siak highway, and (ii) drawn a strategy reducing the traffic
accidents based on green technology. This study identified that the black spot area was located in
the STA 44 + 050 (with a value of the weighted index was 86 and an accident severity rate was
6.21), these values were relatively high. The road horizontal alignment condition at this location
was highlighted as a sub-standard high way, consists of low visibility, numerous turning pads,
minimum road signs, and minimum road shoulders width. The technical strategy was then drawn
as follow; conducting regular road rehabilitation and maintenance, equipping road markings and
the street lights as well as road safety facilities based on the green technology such as solar cell
traffic lights, solar cell street lights and deploying police statues in reducing traffic accidents
within the black spot areas.
