Identifying Hazardous Road Locations in Saudi Arabia

Global Advanced Research Journal of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ISSN: 2315-5124) August 2016 Vol. 5(4), pp 045-056

Original Research Articles

Identifying Hazardous Road Locations in Saudi Arabia

H. H. Hussien¹ and F. H. Eissa²

¹Permanent address: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan. E mail: hamid128@yahoo.com and

²Permanent address: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Damenhour University, Damenhour, Egypt. E mail: fathy_eissa@hotmail.com1,

² Department of Mathematics, College of Science & Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi ArabiaE mail: hamid128@yahoo.com

Accepted 20 August 2016

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse road traffics accidents and identifying hazardous road locations in Saudi Arabia. Descriptive statistical analyses were used. Z score method based on accidents, injuries and deaths frequency per 100 km is suggested to determine the locations of the dangerous sites of road accidents, this method identified nine dangerous locations in the twelve counties all over Saudi Arabia. Also, the results show that the probability of death of at least five persons per day by car accidents is equal to one and the road accident deaths rate is 25.3 per 100,000 people, which is very high in compare with international levels, hence appropriate actions should be taken urgently to improve the safety of the traffic system in the country to prevent road traffic accidents from occurring and reducing the deaths and severity of injuries in the event of an accident.

Keywords: Traffic safety, Hazardous road location, Z score, Saudi Arabia