Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Gazi University Journal of Science Part A: Engineering and Innovation, cilt.11, sa.4, ss.771-779, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
The objective of this study is to identify the specific locations where traffic accidents occur in the Muratpasa district of Antalya province. Muratpaşa district is the most crowded area especially in tourism season. For this reason, it is important to analyse traffic accidents in this district. To this end, data from the years 2017 to 2021, obtained from the General Directorate of Security of the Republic of Turkey, were employed. The Quantum Geographical Information Systems (QGIS) program was used to ascertain the regions exhibiting elevated accident risk, while the Kernel Density Estimation method was used to categorize the accidents. Furthermore, the ages of drivers involved in accidents, the relationship between age and accident occurrence, the causes of accidents, and the distribution of accidents by years and months were subjected to statistical analysis. The accidents were categorized in four categories according to causes. The study revealed that the risk of traffic accidents was elevated in three distinct regions within the Muratpasa district. It was observed that most of these accidents involved individuals between the ages of 20 and 30, with the primary cause identified as driver error of traffic.