Hotspots and social background of urban traffic crashes: A case study in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

Benedek, József; Ciobanu, Silviu Marian; Man, Titus

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2015.11.026

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“…A number of well researched factors have contributed to this situation-e.g., the growth of the motorization's rate or the transport infrastructure's slow modernization [2]-but also, as we argue in this article, an ongoing and less researched phenomenon, the importation of second-hand vehicles.…”

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“…The simple linear regression is one of the most frequently used methods in establishing the correlation between traffic crashes and various possible causing variables, such as: the volume of traffic flow [2]; light conditions [21]; season of the year [20]; spatiotemporal parameters [26]. As a way to establish the intensity of the linear dependence between the two analyzed variables (in our case traffic crashes and importation of second-hand cars), Pearson correlation analysis was used [27,28] (2):…”

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“…Thus, the two phenomena were reported to 1000 inhabitants and depicted in a series of maps realized at NUTS-3 level. This was developed by using ArcMap software provided by the ArcGIS 10.1 platform [1,2]. A tool for classification and clustering of quantitative data was used and the authors decided to use the "natural breaks" data classification method.…”

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The Safety of Transnational Imported Second-Hand Cars: A Case Study on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Crashes in Romania

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Certain features of imported second-hand cars (e.g., age, degree of wear and tear, technical design) can increase their likelihood for traffic crashes. Three official datasets which cover an eight year period (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) are used to test the connection between importation of second-hand cars and different types of traffic crashes. The traffic crashes database was provided by the Traffic Department of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (GIRPTD). The car registration database was provided by Driving-License and Vehicles-Registration Direction (DLVRD). Right-hand driving (RHD) cars database was provided by the Romanian Automotive Registry (RAR). A spatio-temporal visualization of data was performed using Geographic Information System (GIS) while for the statistical analysis we use regression models and Pearson-Correlation-coefficient. The analysis suggests that a significant part of the variation in the volume of traffic accidents can be explained by the volume of imported second-hand cars at the county level. Moreover, an even stronger direct relation exists between the number of imported second-hand cars and Severe Traffic Accidents but also in the case of RHD imported second-hand cars. The overall impact of imported second-hand cars on the traffic safety in Romania is significant but small in comparison to other types of car registration. Study results belong to the category of empirical evidence production which can improve the quality of existing traffic regulations focused both on organizing and ensuring traffic safety, and on the policy of sustainable transport infrastructure development.

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“…On the other hand, in the recent years, the combination between GIS (Geographic Information System) and statistical analysis has been increasingly used by researchers in Romania in road accident assessment (Benedek et al, 2016;Ivan & Haidu, 2009;Ivan et al, 2015). GIS technique, employed in these studies, provides a spatial distribution of the traffic accidents with all their characteristics across the whole country or across narrower areas, which is a very important step in the analysis of accident occurrence.…”

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Investigating the Role of Traffic Volumes on the Occurrence of the Accidents on the National Roads: a Case Study in Romania

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Boitor²,

Dumitrescu³

2017

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ABSTRACT:Every road accident is important. Investigating the road accidents and their causes is the main action to be conducted in the prevention and the prediction stages. The main aim of the paper is to investigate the state-of-the-art regarding road accidents research in Romania, one of the top country in the EU Road Death Statistics. It came out that there is an inconsistent research conducted in the country, with very few studies which were spread across different fields, along with a major lack in accident prediction methods. The study provides a starting point for the accident prediction by validating an international model which could be employed in Romania. The specific goal of the paper is to investigate the impact of the traffic volumes on the accidents occurrence. The traffic data were provided by the National Road Infrastructure Management Company (CNAIR). The road accident data were provided by the Traffic Department of the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (GIRPTD) and it consisted in the information collected in the field during 2015 on the main national roads in Romania. The database was simplified in accordance to the aim of the paper to include only the relevant details regarding the accident, the vehicles, and the participants. The preliminary analyses were performed using Geographic Information System (GIS) software. The outcome was employed further in the research to highlight the correlation between accidents and the traffic volumes, by means of power regression. The results have proved the major impact of traffic volumes in accident occurrence up to a certain level of congestion. The importance of the study reaches beyond the stated goals and it shows the necessity of a research strategy at the national level regarding the road safety. In order to overcome the lack of scientific practice in the field, it is mandatory to improve the data, to adopt and develop methods and knowledge according to the local conditions for a future with safer roads in Romania.

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“…Over the last two decades, the road accidents studies have been done by using GIS tools, for example, to examine the spatial distribution and pattern of their accidents (Kim & Nitz, 1995;Gundogdu, 2010;Truong & Somenahalli, 2011;Budiharto & Saido, 2012), and to investigate the accident-prone locations (Rankavat & Tiwari, 2013). In the recent years, the combination of GIS and statistical analysis is increasingly more used by many researchers for assessing the road accidents (Steenberghen et al, 2004;Erdogan et al, 2008;Erdogan, 2009, Ma et al, 2014Tortum & Atalay, 2015;Yalcin & Duzgun, 2015;Benedek et al, 2016).…”

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Gis Tools for Analyzing Accidents and Road Design: A Review

Satria

2016

Libro De Actas CIT2016. XII Congreso De Ingeniería Del Transporte

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A significant unexpected outcome of transportation systems is road accidents with injuries and loss of lives. In recent years, the number of studies about the tools for analyzing accidents and road design has increased considerably. Among these tools, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) stand out for their ability to perform complex spatial analyses. However, sometimes the GIS, has been used only as a geographical database to store and represent data about accidents and road characteristics. It has also been used to represent the results of statistical studies of accidents but, these statistical studies have not been carried out with GIS. Owing to its integrated statistical-analysis capabilities GIS provides several advantages. First, it allows a more careful and accurate data selection, screening and reduction. Also, it allows a spatial analysis of the results in pre and post-processing. Second, GIS allows the development of spatial statistics that rely on geographically-referenced data. In this paper, several GIS tools used to model accidents have been examined. The understanding of these tools will help the analyst to make a better decision about which tool could be applied in each particular condition and context.

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Hotspots and social background of urban traffic crashes: A case study in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

Cited by 49 publications

References 33 publications

The Safety of Transnational Imported Second-Hand Cars: A Case Study on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Crashes in Romania

The Safety of Transnational Imported Second-Hand Cars: A Case Study on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Crashes in Romania

Investigating the Role of Traffic Volumes on the Occurrence of the Accidents on the National Roads: a Case Study in Romania

Gis Tools for Analyzing Accidents and Road Design: A Review

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