تحليل جغرافي للحوادث المرورية و آثارها في منطقة القصيم في المملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract EN

This study discussed with research and analysis the traffic accidents in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.

It aimed at studying and analyzing the temporal and spatial variability of traffic accidents, the resulting injuries and deaths on the various road network inside and outside the region, as well as the identifying types of Traffic injuries of such accidents with comparing to some developed countries in traffic safety.

The study relied on field work data of (591) case was interviewed in the emergency of the main hospitals in the region.

A geographic analysis of traffic management data for traffic accidents has been carried out in Saudi Arabia and Qassim region.

The GIS programme is used through the Arc-map program to design a number of maps related to the subject matter of the study.

The study found a number of results, including: the indicators of the seriousness of the accidents applied in this study are still high in the regions of Saudi Arabia, compared to some developed countries in the level of traffic safety such as Britain and Canada.

Qassim region was ranked eighth in terms of casualty and death toll from traffic accidents that increase in urban areas, injuries to major fractures in the body, and the most common light and superficial injuries among victims of traffic accidents.

The study recommended the need for expansion in the implementation of traffic regulations.