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Road accidents have increased and reached to an alarming point in past few years in most of the developing countries including India. The continued steep increase in the number of road accidents indicates that these losses are undoubtedly inhibiting the economic and social development of the countries and adding to the poverty and hardships of the poor. Thus, there is an urgent need to take preventive measures to reduce accidents and to develop road safety improvement program. This study proposes a basic frame work for formulation of road safety improvement program. The framework consist of four major stages i.e Stage I ranking of safety hazardous location, stage II evaluation of safety hazardous condition at different Section in road network, Stage III prioritization of remedial safety measures and Stage IV selection of safety measures (formulation of road safety improvement program). This study also presents the basic concepts to develop a methodology for formulation of road safety improvement program. Thus, this study will be useful for researcher and policy makers to develop a methodology for formulation of road safety improvement program to select remedial safety measures to improve safety on hazardous location in the road network