A Framework for Spatial Road Safety Assessment: Case Study of Northern Ireland

Aimee Farrell; Salissou Moutari

A Framework for Spatial Road Safety Assessment: Case Study of Northern Ireland

Aimee Farrell
, Salissou Moutari

School of Mathematics and Physics

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Abstract

Road traffic injuries are a major health issue worldwide. There are many factors that can
affect the levels of road traffic collisions which in turn increase the levels of people killed or
seriously injured. When road traffic collisions occur, observed facts are recorded in relation
to the incident. These facts are recorded as variable observations, and for this study,
variables and indicators are defined almost equivalently. There can be hundreds of different
indicators for the various collisions, as different countries face different road situations. This
makes it difficult to perform a road safety assessment, which can be applied globally. The
goal of this study is to select the most appropriate indicators and create a composite
indicator as a function of these indicators, which can be used as summary values, allowing
ease of comparisons between the countries/regions that have undergone a road safety
assessment. The composite indicator will then be used to assess the current situation in
Northern Ireland and provide scores for ranking policing in terms of overall road safety on
their road networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Irish Transport Research Network Conference - 2016
Publisher	Irish Transport Research Network
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 01 Sept 2016
Event	Irish Transport Research Network - Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 01 Sept 2016 → 01 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference	Irish Transport Research Network
Abbreviated title	ITRN
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	01/09/2016 → 01/09/2016

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