Characteristics of traffic safety on desert highway

In order to analyze the present situation, characteristics and main causes of traffic accidents on desert highway, the statistical data of traffic accidents were collected, and an interior field investigation was executed on Taklimakan desert highway.Study result shows that the numbers of traffic accidents are greater in spring and autumn than in winter, and the numbers are bigger at noon, in the evening and at night than the other daily time; the number of traffic accidents decreases from north to south along Taklimakan desert highway, but the ponderance of traffic accidents increases from north to south; main weather factors that affect traffic safety are high temperature and strong wind; driver is the main cause of traffic accidents; traffic environment often causes drivers breaking traffic rules; trees planted along desert highway also affect driving safety in a certain extent; there are still some shortages of essential safety guarantee facilities and reaction mechanism on desert highway.