Road Accident Analysis

Road accidents is one of challenge undermining the sustainability of transport systems in

most countries, and it has become a common problem both to developing and developed

countries. the frequency of road accidents on particular road or avenue has great impact on the

economy, society and progress of that particular region. to the realization, there several reasons

that would cause accidents, for example, traffic conflicts between vehicular movement on

junctions and roundabouts.

This study analyzed road traffic accidents in the Essex region, with particular reference to

the main causes of such accidents and the relationship of driver behavior to the problem. The

research further discussed vulnerability of non-motorized transport users. It aimed at providing

recommendations that could be implemented to reduce occurrence and severity of the accidents.

The research used both descriptive statistics and linear correlation for analysis. The data used for

this analysis are extracted from Crashmap website The data set, which was of secondary nature,

was availed by the municipality. The study determined that the main causes of road traffic

accidents were human error factors. The top five causes of driver-related accidents were

speeding, overtaking carelessly, cutting in, misjudging clearance, and pulling from near side. The

results of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Spearman Correlation

Coefficient illustrated that there is a strong positive correlation between driver behaviour and

road traffic accidents. Recommendations made included increased investments for non-

motorized transport facilities, traffic control measures, motivation of traffic police officers, use

of modern technology in data collection, amendment of the Traffic Act and driver training.

The study collects, compiles and disseminates a variety of regional indicators. Data on road

accidents are currently collected for the surrounding roads, streets and driveways.
Currently, activities are ongoing for the streamlining of the data collection, as equivalent data are

also collected for CARE, the Community Road Accident Database. Coherency checks are

ongoing and it is expected that for a number of countries, regional road accident data currently

collected through voluntary questionnaires will be replaced by CARE data.

All data displayed in this article are annual, with available time series going back to 1990.

Regional road safety was addressed by dividing the number of fatalities in road transport by the

number of inhabitants per region. In contrast to the data on persons injured, the data on road

fatalities are comparable across Europe.

The precise definitions of all variables used can be found in the 'Glossary for transport statistics'.

The basic data used in the map has been extracted from Eurostat’s website.