Geographic information system as a potential tool for defining "hotspots" in road-traffic accidents

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
RVishnu Prasad ◽  
T Muthukumar ◽  
AbelK Samuel ◽  
Zile Singh
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Potential Tool

An Integrated Information System for Road Traffic Accidents

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Michail Vaitis ◽  
Dimitris Kavroudakis ◽  
Nikoletta Koukourouvli ◽  
Dimitrios Simos ◽  
Georgios Sarigiannis
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
High Price ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
The North ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Road traffic accidents come at a high price: 1.25 million road traffic deaths occurred globally in 2013. As the road network and the environmental conditions contribute significantly in the cause of accidents, it is crucial to understand where and when they occur, in order to plan actions for road safety improvement. For this reason, the Region of the North Aegean, Greece, in collaboration with the University of the Aegean, has established a spatial database and a web-based geographic information system (webGIS) for the registration, storage, visualization and analysis of the traffic accidents occurred in its jurisdiction. In this article, besides the development and operation of the system, the authors present a spatio-temporal analysis of the data collected since 2004 for the island of Lesvos. Hot spots and risky periods were identified, leading to useful conclusions and directions for road safety improvements.

scholarly journals Urban road traffic deaths: data linkage and identification of high-risk population sub-groups

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 92-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lúcia Maria Miana Mattos Paixão ◽  
Eliana Dias Gontijo ◽  
Sueli Aparecida Mingoti ◽  
Dário Alves da Silva Costa ◽  
Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Abstract This study analyzes the profile of deaths from road traffic accidents in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by linking two public databases, the Information System of the Urban Transportation and Transit Company (BH10) and the Mortality Information System (SIM). The linked database (n = 306) identified a 24% under-recording rate for deaths and differed in the age distribution from the BH10 database and in roadway user category when compared to the mortality database. The mortality rate for road traffic accidents within the city limits was 10.2 per 100,000 thousand, and was higher among men, young adults, and the elderly. Poisson multivariate regression showed a higher mean death rate for motorcycle occupants (rate ratio – RR: 1.81); pedestrians (RR: 1.32); males (RR: 1.24); single/divorced (RR: 1.27); young adults 18-29 years of age (RR: 1.75); elderly (RR: 1.59); and deaths at the crash site (RR: 1.39) when compared to the reference categories. The study unveils the city’s traffic violence, expressed by the large proportion of deaths at the crash site and within the first 24 hours, and confirms the relevance of database linkage for characterizing vulnerable groups and traffic accident mortality in the urban setting.

scholarly journals Geographic Information System for Mapping and Complaint of Damaged Roads

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Widiana Putra Winarta ◽  
I Nyoman Piarsa ◽  
Ni Made Ika Marini Mandenni
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Geographic Information System ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Google Maps ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
The Road ◽  
Geographic Environment

Indonesia is a massive archipelago of 1.919.400 km², containing roads that span at 542.000 km across various terrain conditions. This diverse geographic environment is a challenge to road constructions and repairs across the country, which has lead to disruption in public service and traffic accidents each year. We propose the Geographic Information System for Mapping and Complaint of Damaged Roads, a solution which can provide users a digital interface to report damaged roads to the transportation department in their area. This research uses Google Maps API to digitize and make a complaint about damaged roads. The result of this research is an android application for the users and a website application for the road managers. The android application is used by the users to make complaints of damaged roads. The web application is used by road managers to draw the road on Google Maps using polyline feature. With this our goal is to systematize the handling of damaged roads information, leading to faster service times and hopefully help reduce the level of traffic accidents in Indonesia. Keywords: Complaint, Damaged road, Geographic Information System, Google Maps, Road digitization.

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