Parámetros y metodología para el diseño de rampas de escape en Colombia

Abstract

Road traffic incidents cause 1.3 million deaths worldwide each year. Most of these occur in mountainous terrain and some are caused by brake failure due to wear and tear on long slopes; This problem has a possible solution in the implementation of escape ramps, on which emergency braking can be carried out on the vehicle that presents the failure. However, Colombia does not have a methodology or regulations that recommend the construction of these structures. Therefore, an analysis of the variables used in 2 regulations of countries that have topographic and cultural conditions similar to Colombia and a regulation of a developed country is carried out and, in turn, these are contextualized to our nation. The objective of this work is to establish the necessary parameters to propose a focused methodology for Colombia, in which the location site is recommended and the way in which the escape ramp should be designed is explained. It is expected that this methodology will be applicable to different regions of the country with mountainous terrain and, in this way, reduce the number of accidents with damage and/or fatalities on mountainous terrain roads.