Characterization of black spot zones for vulnerable road users in São Paulo (Brazil) and Rome (Italy)

CAS Machado, MA Giannotti… - … International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Non-motorized transportation modes, especially cycling and walking, offer numerous
benefits, including improvements in the livability of cities, healthy physical activity, efficient …

Spatio-temporal analysis of accident hotspots on federal highways in the state of Goiás, Brazil

AM dos Santos, BRI Santos, CFA da Silva… - GeoJournal, 2022 - Springer
Traffic accidents have awakened a global concern as they are the ninth leading cause of
death worldwide. This triggers a challenge for traffic managers and planners interested in …

Spatial analysis of road crashes involving vulnerable road users in support of road safety management strategies

M Bassani, L Rossetti, L Catani - Transportation research procedia, 2020 - Elsevier
On urban road networks, approximately 2 out of 3 fatalities involve pedestrians, cyclists and
motorcyclists, collectively referred to as “vulnerable road users”(VRU) due to their insufficient …

Brazilian road traffic fatalities: a spatial and environmental analysis

L de Andrade, JRN Vissoci, CG Rodrigues, K Finato… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Road traffic injuries (RTI) are a major public health epidemic killing thousands
of people daily. Low and middle-income countries, such as Brazil, have the highest annual …

Hotspots and social background of urban traffic crashes: A case study in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

J Benedek, SM Ciobanu, TC Man - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2016 - Elsevier
Mobility practices have changed dramatically in Romanian towns over the last 25 years,
following the collapse of socialist mobility restrictions. Urban areas like Cluj-Napoca are …

Remote sensing for identification of trip generating territories in support of urban mobility planning and monitoring

CFA da Silva, MO de Andrade, MLA Maia… - GeoJournal, 2023 - Springer
This article aims is to apply a methodology to identify Trip Generating Territories (TGT) in
order to discuss the relationship between transport and land use. To achieve this goal …

Identification of crash hotspots using kernel density estimation and kriging methods: a comparison

L Thakali, TJ Kwon, L Fu - Journal of Modern Transportation, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents a study aimed at comparing the outcome of two geostatistical-based
approaches, namely kernel density estimation (KDE) and kriging, for identifying crash …

A new model for determining the traffic accident black spots using GIS-aided spatial statistical methods

MA Dereli, S Erdogan - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Traffic accidents are one of the important problems in our country as it in the world. The
World Health Organization case reports published in 2015 stated that approximately 1.25 …

Violence in public transportation: an approach based on spatial analysis

DCB Sousa, CS Pitombo, SS Rocha… - Revista de saude …, 2017 - SciELO Public Health
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To carry out a spatial analysis of the occurrence of acts of violence
(specifically robberies) in public transportation, identifying the regions of greater incidence …

A model suggestion for the determination of the traffic accident hotspots on the Turkish highway road network: A pilot study

S Erdogan, V Ilçi, OM Soysal, A Kormaz - Boletim de Ciências …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Traffic accidents are very serious problems for human life and the environment. In road
safety, it is crucial to identify the high risk locations to apply proper counter measures. This …