Pacet is one
of the districts located in Mojokerto Regency which is the most superior
natural tourism destination. Pacet is located at the foot of Mount Welirang and
Mount Penanggungan, that’s why Pacet have a road surface in the form of climbs,
derivatives, along with bends. This condition causes many accidents in Pacet.
The purpose of this research to know capacity of the road, the volume traffic,
and what the factors that cause traffuc accident
on Arterial Road in Pacet.
This type of
research is quantitative research with a descriptive approach. The sample of
this research is four locations that became the place of accident in Pacet,
including; Pandanarum, Warugunung, Petak and Kemiri roads. Data collection
methods used are measurement, observation, and documentation. The data analysis technique used is
descriptive quantitative.
The results
of this research indicate that the capacity of the road in arterial road in Pacet is of a high
category that is to have a capacity 2289,33 pcu/hour for both lanes. The traffic volume on the Pacet Arterial Road is in the
medium category, with an average on the Pandanarum road segment at 743.81 smp /
hour, Warugunung road at 716.92 smp / hour, the Petak road segment at 723.87
smp / hour, and the segment Kemiri road is 747.96 pcu / hour, each of which
does not exceed the road capacity. The causes
of the accident in the morning is caused by the volume of traffic supported by
good road environmental conditions. In addition it is caused by the human
factor itself, where the are still many drivers who drive high speed, do not
wear helmets, and lack of vigilance when driving. The causes of the accident at night is caused by
poor lighting conditions at some point.
Keywords: Road
capacity, traffic volume, road environment