Evaluation of various GIS-based methods for the analysis of road traffic accident hotspot

Elsaid Mamdouh Mahmoud Zahran, Soon Jiann Tan, Nurul Amirah 'Atiqah Binti Mohamad 'Asri Putra, Eng Hie Angel Tan, Yok Hoe Yap, Ena Kartina Abdul Rahman

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Abstract

In order to establish objective criteria for road traffic accident (RTA) hotspots, this paper examines the application of three different hotspot analysis methods to both identify and rank the RTA hotspots. The three methods selected are the network Kernel Density Estimation (KDE+) method, the Getis-Ord GI* method, and a recently proposed risk-based method that accounts for RTA frequency, severity and socioeconomic costs - STAA method. The study road, Jalan Tutong, is a major dual-carriageway connecting major residential and commercial areas from the west of Brunei-Muara district and beyond to the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. The RTA data consists of cases reported to the police during a 5-year period from 2012 to 2016. The RTA data were digitised and prepared, before being imported into ESRI ArcGIS 10.2 software for analysis using each of these methods. The outcomes, particularly the location, extent and priority of the RTA hotspots, are subsequently compared to results from road safety audits, in order to determine the relative merits and drawbacks of each method. The findings from the comparative study would be useful to recommend the most suitable method to identify and rank the RTA hotspots for the study road.
Original languageEnglish
Article number03008
Number of pages10
JournalMATEC Web of Conferences
Volume258
Early online date25 Jan 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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