A GIS and Fuzzy-based Model for Identification and Analysis of Accident Vulnerable Locations in Urban Traffic Management System: A Case Study of Bhubaneswar

Abstract

The world has seen road accident and its related societal and economical impact as one of the live, persisting problem in the last 2-3 decades and its prominence has been observed in the developing countries of the Asian subcontinent. With no exception, all major cities in India are facing the various challenges related to road accidents, mostly due to the large population density. Among the major cities in India, Bhubaneswar is a very fast growing city with aim to be the most livable city in Asia in the coming few years. With the city of Bhubaneswar as our study area, we address the issues related to road safety by determining the degree of severity of road accidents. We study the accident related data collected for the last decade using the spatial tools of Geographical Information System (GIS). Then using a GIS-map based analysis and a fuzzybased model, we have found the spatio-temporal distribution of accident vulnerable locations with their degree of severity. Our experimental results show the accident hot-spots with values of selected contributing parameters such as timing, traffic density, vehicle speed, road intersections.