Abstract
Sfax is one of the Tunisian governorates with a large number of road accidents, injuries and fatalities every year. This study aimed to analyze and map traffic accidents in this governorate. We analyzed the spatial distribution of accidents, their distribution by cause, by type of road, by size of traffic, by months of the year and days of the week. Accidents were correlated with several variables such as population numbers and densities, motorization rate, length and structure of the road network, and the amount of traffic. On the cartographic level, we have built a database, through which we have produced a series of thematic maps to argue this analysis. Through cartographic production, we also aimed to help road users, decision-makers and researchers in this area and in the field of transport. This work showed that Sfax occupies, among the other Tunisian governorates, an advanced position in gravity. Various human, climatic and technical factors explained this situation, of which human factors were the most important, and contributed to almost 90% of accidents. The current situation of accidents in Sfax requires a series of measures and actions to alleviate and mitigate the gravity of this phenomenon.
Highlights
According to statistics published in 2018 by the World Health Organization [1], “the road is the eighth cause of death worldwide in 2016” [2]
Accidents were correlated with several variables such as population numbers and densities, motorization rate, length and structure of the road network, and the amount of traffic
We deal with the issue of accidents in the governorate of Sfax, through the distribution of traffic accidents, injuries and deceased by delegation, type of road, causes, month, day and by means of transport
Summary
According to statistics published in 2018 by the World Health Organization [1], “the road is the eighth cause of death worldwide in 2016” [2]. Road accidents resulted in 1.35 million deaths this year alone, the majority of which are male. 2030, traffic accidents will become the fifth leading cause of death worldwide, with nearly 2.5 million people dying each year on the roads [3]. In Tunisia, as in the other Third World countries, the question of accidentology remains little studied. [8] in the USA, Moellering Baker [9], Susan et al [10] in the United States and those of Whitelegg in Great Britain [11], the angles of analysis are diverse, identify good examples of study in this area The work of Vandersmissen and al [4] [5] [6] and Cynthia Boucher [7] in Canada, Abdulhafedh, A. [8] in the USA, Moellering Baker [9], Susan et al [10] in the United States and those of Whitelegg in Great Britain [11], the angles of analysis are diverse, identify good examples of study in this area
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