أثر درجة الحرارة على حوادث الطرق في إقليم البطنان بليبيا

Abstract EN

Temperature has a significant impact on the various activities carried out by human, and in the aspect of transportation and communications, heat has a clear impact on the climatic comfort and health of human, whether he is (vehicle driver or road user) and has multiple effects in transportation methods as it leads to the melting of the used asphalt.

In the construction of roads and cause the occurrence of gaps and cracks in them that leads to the occurrence of many traffic accidents.

As for its impact on the vehicle, it affects, at its great height, the vehicle’s breakdown and the suspension of some of its parts from working.

It also leads to the explosion of the vehicle’s tire in the summer as a result of the expansion of air inside the tires with the increase in temperature, which increases in size.

The study also found that the months that record a significant increase in their value (June, July, August) record a significant increase in the number of traffic accidents during the year, and there is a very strong direct correlation between the rise in temperature during these months and the occurrence of more traffic accidents.

During, and this confirms that the temperature has a significant impact on the increase in the number of traffic accidents and the variation in their numbers in the study area.