Archive · 24 May 2025
State Highways Begins Vehicle Counts in Vellore for Road Safety
The State Highways is counting vehicles on important roads in Vellore to make the roads safer.
They stopped doing this during the COVID-19 pandemic but are doing it again because more cars are on the road.
People will watch how many vehicles go by on certain roads to find spots where traffic is bad or where accidents happen.
They'll use this information to make changes like widening roads, adding new traffic signals, and changing where people can cross the street.
They are checking for different types of vehicles between 6 AM and 6 PM, including Sundays.
The goal is to help make the roads safer for everyone.
State Highways has begun counting vehicles in Vellore to assess traffic flow.
The exercise, paused during COVID-19, aims to implement road safety measures.
Volunteers are involved in the week-long vehicle count.
Identified routes and junctions will be widened based on traffic flow.
Data collected will be analyzed to determine traffic changes.
- Who
- State Highways officials and volunteers
- What
- Counting vehicles on key roads
- When
- Week-long exercise, resuming after COVID-19, data to be processed in coming months
- Where
- Vellore district, including key stretches, intersections, and border areas
- Why
- To introduce road safety measures such as widening of stretches and traffic diversions.
- Reason for Exercise
- Annual exercise resumed after COVID-19
- Survey Time
- Between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., including Sundays
- Types of Vehicles Surveyed
- Eight
- Vehicular Increase
- 5%-10% increase annually
- Data Processing
- Traffic Science Laboratory of the Highways Research Station in Chennai