Spatial relationship between road characteristics and environmental factors towards road accident in Kedah / Nur Fatma Fadilah Yaacob
Road accidents are major world economic and social problem as the statistics of fatality keep increasing globally and locally. However, not much work has been done to address the road characteristics and environmental factors contributing to accident cases. Therefore, this study aims to investigate...
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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/87271/1/87271.pdf |
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Summary: | Road accidents are major world economic and social problem as the statistics of fatality keep increasing globally and locally. However, not much work has been done to address the road characteristics and environmental factors contributing to accident cases. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between; accident cases with road characteristics and environmental factors. Overall, there are six (6) parameters investigated which are the type of lane, level of services (LOS), slope, rainfall, temperature and wind. All of these data were obtained from Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Alor Setar, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Alor Setar, and the Meteorology Department. |
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