Дослідження безпеки дорожнього руху у м. Тернополі

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of researching road safety issues in the city of Ternopil with the structuring of established actual deficiencies according to the main indicators. As a result of the analysis of traffic flows in the morning period, the most problematic sections of the street and road network were identified. In general, it is observed that in the evening peak period, the speed of traffic flows on the street and road network is significantly lower than in the morning peak period. In order to analyze road traffic safety in the city of Ternopil, a cartographic method was used, which involves superimposing on the map data arrays regarding traffic accident statistics for 2018-2020. This approach makes it possible to determine the places of concentration of road accidents, however, during the analysis, it was found that road accidents in Ternopil mostly occur along the main streets without clearly defined places of concentration. In this regard, a conditional indicator of the danger of transport corridors of Ternopil was derived, which is determined by the ratio of the number of road accidents with victims to the total length of the street, which also allows analyzing the predominant location (clustering) of road accidents with victims in each district of the city. The current policy and practices of Ternopil in the field of road safety management need improvement. In the city, repair work is regularly carried out to maintain the roadway and technical equipment in proper condition, but the quality and volume of the work performed do not fully cover the need to ensure traffic safety and provide information to road users. In general, it can be stated that Ternopil is a city that is just starting proactive actions in the field of traffic safety ("starting city"). In this, it favorably differs from the vast majority of other regional centers, in which the problem of traffic safety is not even discussed so far, and consideration of this issue in terms of sustainable urban mobility of the Ternopil urban territorial community.