Geo-Eye

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is the existence of time-wise road traffic accidents in Mysore City. The accident is frequently at a higher rate in the peak hours of day time and would be moderately lesser in the night time. In this study, mainly methodology is used collected secondary data of one-year January- December 2013 from Mysore city traffic police recorded reports. with the help of GPS point plotting the location of time-wise occurrence of accidents has been split into five time zones i.e. 06 am to 10 am, 10 am to 02 pm, 02 pm to 06 pm, 06 pm to 10 pm, 10 pm to 06 am and digitization of toposheet for study area roads map using Arc Gis software. In the year 2013, time accounts to 27.38% Highest accidents have occurred across the city between 06.00 pm to 10.00 pm and time accounts to 09.64% Lowest accidents have occurred across the city between 10.00 pm to 06.00 am. The location of accidents in Mysore City is studied based on time to analyze the major reasons for the accidents. Road users in Mysore city need healthier and safer road travel. Data on road traffic accidents in Mysore city are very poor. Police records are the only source of information but, many accident cases are never stated while others are settled confidentially. The fewer data on accident reports at Mysore city police stations are revealing of an absence of consciousness of accident reporting. Based on police data it is not all conceivable to make a monotonous analysis and consequently, it is terrible to implement safety actions.

Keywords: Traffic Accidents; traffic police; Time wise; Global Positioning System; GIS