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Identification of Accident Hot Spots: A GIS Based Implementation for Kannur District, Kerala
Accident analysis studies aim at the identification of high rate accident locations and safety deficient areas. In this study, an effort ahs been made to identify the accident prone zones within Kannur district, Kerala using GIS. For this purpose, the road accident data for...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATICS AND GEOSCIENCES
2010
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| Accés en línia: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006047.pdf |
| Sumari: | Accident analysis studies aim at the identification of high rate accident locations and safety
deficient areas. In this study, an effort ahs been made to identify the accident prone zones within
Kannur district, Kerala using GIS. For this purpose, the road accident data for the years 2006,
2007 and 2008 pertaining to Kannur district have been used. Accident particulars like date,
location, type of vehicle involved, number of persons injured or died are included in the GIS
database. Accident analysis studies aim at the identification of high rate accident locations and
safety deficient areas. The “Density” function available in the spatial analyst extension of the
Arc GIS software was applied to identify the accident prone areas in Kannur district during the
years 2006, 2007 and 2008. Both simple and Kernal densities were applied in identifying the
accident patterns. The road geometry was measured in the accident prone locations to find out
the causes for the accident. Based on the result, suggestions are provided to reduce the accidents
in the future |
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| Descripció física: | Volume 1, No 1, 2010 |