8 th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, Famagusta, Cyprus (Kktc), 15 - 17 September 2008, pp.111-119, (Full Text)
Traffic accidents result in deaths, injuries and property damages. Turkey placed
in one of the first rows of the accident list among the world countries. It is not
possible to explain this fact by lack of education, inadequacy of roads or
carelessness: plans should be made properly. Passage of transit roads from urban
areas, or roads’ becoming an in-city road in time, enlarge the dimensions of the
problem.
The Black Sea Coastal Highway (BSCH) has gained great importance from
economical, political, geopolitical and strategic aspects in recent years. It has
become an international road with the opening of Sarp border gate. On the other
hand, it seems like an urban road and exposed to dense pedestrian traffic, due to
existence of many settlements along it. Because the average speed in this transit
road is high, the number of accidents is also high.
In this study, drawbacks of passage of transit roads from urban areas were
investigated, and current situation of the BSCH was given as an example.