Spatial Statistical Analysis of the Traffic Accidents

Authors

  • Tibor Sipos
    Affiliation

    Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.9895

Abstract

26,000 people died on the roads of Europe in 2015, which is 5 500 less than in 2010. However, compared to the situation in 2014, no improvement could be experienced in this field at European Union level. Moreover, it was stated that 644 people died and 5575 suffered serious injuries as a result of road accidents on HU road network in 2015.
The objective of this study is to analyse the spatial clusters of traffic accidents on the secondary Hungarian road network in line with the No. 2008/96/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. Spatial statistical methods were used to analyse the statistical distribution of the traffic accidents. The investigated network was the sections of the secondary road network, while the investigated time horizon was between 2010-2012.

Keywords:

road safety, infrastructure design, road infrastructure evaluation, spatial autocorrelation, accident analysis, hot spot analysis, black spot analysis, infrastructure safety

Published Online

2017-01-13

How to Cite

Sipos, T. (2017) “Spatial Statistical Analysis of the Traffic Accidents”, Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 45(2), pp. 101–105. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.9895

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Articles