Hume Highway curve improvements at Kyeamba: review of environmental factors

Publication information

Title

Hume Highway curve improvements at Kyeamba: review of environmental factors

Agencies

Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales

Type

Report

Date published

2005-01-03

Published by

Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales

Keywords

hume highway, kyeamba, road safety

Description

The Kyeannba section of the Hume Highway was identified in the Hume Highway Strategic Planning Study (Connell Wagner, 2004) as a section requiring short-term safety improvements and ultimately duplication. This section of road has a series of three curves with the northern-most curve having a radius of 280m. The southern-most curve is located on a sharp crest and includes a climbing lane ending just beyond the crest. The recent accident history of the Kyeamba section of the Highway has prompted urgent action to establish short-term safety improvements in this area. The five-year accident history for the period 1998 — 2002 revealed that 12 accidents occurred at this section, 9 of which involved northbound vehicles losing control on the northern-most curve. Most recently in January 2004, a family of four people lost their lives in a single vehicle accident on the northern-most curve. This accident is now the subject of a Coronial enquiry. A meeting between the RTA and the Federal Department of Transport and Road Safety (DoTARS) on 14 July 2004 resulted in a commitment by both agencies to investigate options to improve the road safety of the northern-most curve.

Language

English

Coverage

New South Wales

Copyright

© State of New South Wales

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