TITLE:
The Spatial Patterns of Road Traffic Crash Black Spots and Emergency Facilities in Federal Capital City
AUTHORS:
Mamman Saba Jibril, David Sesugh Aule, Badiatu Danladi Garba
KEYWORDS:
Accident, Black Spot, Emergency, Pattern, Spatial, Zebra Point
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: This study aimed at determining the spatial patterns
of Road Traffic Crash (RTC) black spots, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
zebra points and emergency health care facilities in Federal Capital City
(FCC). The aim was to provide stakeholders with information that will aid their
understanding of accident prone locations and accessible rescue possibilities
for accident victims on the roads in FCT. GPS Map 76S Mark (GARMIN) was used to
locate and pick coordinates of data in the study area. A total of 16 possible
emergency health care facilities, seventy (70) RTC black spots and Five Zebra
point locations were obtained from FRSC. ArcGIS 10.0 was used to compute the
data by plotting the coordinates to produce maps of the spatial relationship
and to carry out Nearest Neighbour Analysis (NNA). The result was further used
to determine the spatial patterns of RTC black spots as well as patterns of the
emergency facilities. Generally, the result shows that the spatial trend is
turning towards dispersion. However, there is less than 1% likelihood that the
dispersed patterns could be the result of random chance. It was recommended
that, the Federal Road Safety Commission should be staffed with trained
professionals that can be responsible for accident data surveillance and
analysis using geospatial techniques.