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Evaluation of Accident Black Spots on Roads using Geographical Information Systems (GIS)  Rajiv Gupta Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Raj.), India. Deelesh Mandloi Undergraduate student of Civil Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Raj.), India.
Abstract
Road safety is a major concern in the present situation. There are many steps required to achieve the road safety measures. This paper presents a method by which the accident-prone locations on roads, commonly termed as accident black spots, can be identified. The methodology incorporates a model which implements prioritization of roads for accident occurrence, followed by analysis using a Geographic Information System (GIS). The GIS software used for this purpose is ARCVIEW 3.1. The various factors required for the analysis are modeled using Microsoft Visual Basic6.0 and Microsoft Visual C++6.0 software packages. The model is applied to the road network in the BITS PILANI campus and the results obtained are analyzed to check the accuracy of the model. |