International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 04 Issue: 03 | Mar -2017
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IDENTIFICATION OF BLACKSPOTS AND ACCIDENT ANALYSIS USING GIS Prof.Jessy Paul 1, Anu Jo Mariya 2, Gopika Viswanath 3 ,Jyothish Kumar K4,Punyo Robin5 1 -Professor
2, 3, 4, 5 under – Graduate Students, Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Geographic Information System (GIS) is an effective Abstract - An accident black spot is a hazardous or high tool to represent the black spots graphically. GIS risk location where a number of accidents repeatedly occur. The identification, analysis and treatment of road accident integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, black spots are widely regarded as one of the most effective managing, analysing, and displaying all forms of approaches to road accidents. Frequent occurrences of geographically referenced information. The capability accidents in the black spots can be attributed to varying of GIS to link attributes data with spatial data facilitates factors. As a major share of the accidents occur in such black prioritization of accident occurrence on roads and the spots, measures should be taken to reduce the number of results can be displayed graphically which can be used accidents in these spots to improve the overall road safety. The for planning and decision making. Accident –prone present study aims to find the major accident black spots in locations can be identified using GIS by analysing Kothamangalam and to identify various traffic parameters spatial characteristics about identified locations, and and road factors causing accidents. The capability of GIS to also able to figure out the underlying factors causing link attributes data with spatial data facilitates prioritization of accident occurrence on roads. accidents. Then reasonable actions can be taken to improve safety in the accident-prone locations. In Key Words: Accident black spots, GIS Applications, many developed countries, GIS has been widely used Weighted Severity Index (WSI), Passenger Car Units (PCU) for analysing the accident prone locations or the accident black spots. Many academicians and even government agencies are working on building new 1. INTRODUCTION tools and improving the existing scenarios for road safety analysis. In this study, GIS analysis is performed Nothing is more important to civilization than using ArcGIS 10.1 software. This paper includes pilot transportation and communication and apart from study of identification of accident black spots in the direct tyranny and oppression; nothing is more region of Kothamangalam using Weighted Severity harmful to wellbeing of society than irrational Index method. transportation system. Worldwide, the transportation problems faced by various nations have increased manifold, necessitating search for methods or 2. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE alternatives that ensure efficient, safe, feasible and The objectives of the project are as following: faster means of transport. It has been estimated that India currently accounts for nearly 10% of road 1. Identify locations which have both high risk accident fatalities worldwide. In addition, over 1.3 of crash losses and justifiable opportunity for million people are seriously injured on the Indian reducing the risk. roads every year. Hence, road safety is a very serious 2. To implement a methodology for the issue in India and needs to be addressed with utmost identification and prioritization of hazardous priority. In Kerala, the scenario is not different; there road locations. were 4145 fatalities and 25110 grievous injuries in a 3. To find and represent the major accident total of 39014 accidents in the year 2015 (Kerala black spots in Kothamangalam using Police, 2016). geographic information system (GIS). An accident black spot is a hazardous or high risk 4. To identify various traffic parameters and location where a number of accidents repeatedly occur. factors causing accidents and suggestion of The identification, analysis and treatment of road possible improvements. accident black spots is widely regarded as one of the most effective approaches to road accidents. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Mar
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