Plan integral de seguridad vial para la zona urbana del cantón Francisco de Orellana, provincia de Orellana

Abstract

The objective of this degree work was to propose a Road Safety Plan for the urban area in Francisco de Orellana canton, in order to improve mobility and reduce accidents and serious injuries. In order to establish the appropriate strategies, information was collected in the field through observation files where data was obtained from the technical specifications of the road infrastructure, surveys were also applied to both pedestrians and drivers where the the problem in terms of human factors involved in road safety, it was tabulated using matrix and graphs to identify the behaviors of the population in the road system, in addition to interviewing the representatives of the control and regulatory entities in matters of traffic, land transport and road safety such as the National Transit Agency, the Transit Commonwealth, Land Transportation and Road Safety of Aguarico, Francisco de Orellana y Loreto, National Police - Orellana District and the Fire Department who contributed where they learned about the processes carried out to optimize road safety in the canton and what projects have been implemented to improve them. Once the information was collected and based on the ISO 390001 Standard, the Road Safety Plan was proposed focused on the 10 items of the standard and establishing the necessary records to achieve compliance with it, thess strategies were located according to the budget and operational capacity of the institutions to achieve the proposed objectives. It is concluded that the work is carried out based on the needs of the population of Francisco de Orellana and estimating that in the coming years the accident rate will decrease, thus improving the quality of life of citizens.