Spatial relationship between road characteristics and environmental factors towards road accident in Kedah / Nur Fatma Fadilah Yaacob

Yaacob, Nur Fatma Fadilah (2019) Spatial relationship between road characteristics and environmental factors towards road accident in Kedah / Nur Fatma Fadilah Yaacob. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).

Abstract

Road accidents are major world economic and social problem as the statistics of fatality keep increasing globally and locally. However, not much work has been done to address the road characteristics and environmental factors contributing to accident cases. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between; accident cases with road characteristics and environmental factors. Overall, there are six (6) parameters investigated which are the type of lane, level of services (LOS), slope, rainfall, temperature and wind. All of these data were obtained from Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Alor Setar, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Alor Setar, and the Meteorology Department.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Yaacob, Nur Fatma Fadilah 2016294176
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Bohari, Sharifah Norashikin UNSPECIFIED
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
Programme:	Master of Science (Built Environment) – AP781
Keywords:	Road accident, world economic, social problem
Date:	2019
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/87271