Industry Issue Paper: GIS Potential in Management of Pedestrian Accidents in Developing Countries
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The main objective of this work was to investigate the potential of utilizing geographic information
systems (GISs) in identifying hazardous pedestrian accident-prone locations. The study was
performed for roads in Irbid city-Jordan for the years 2002 and 2003. Pedestrian accident data
was analyzed by pedestrian characteristics, driver characteristics, accident time and location,
environmental conditions, vehicle speed and characteristics, and accident severity. Pedestrian
accidents were correlated to operational factors, including traffic volume, vehicle speed, pedestrian
volume, street length, and access points. Hazardous locations of vehicle-pedestrian accidents were
identified using a GIS query builder. Results showed that there was a high potential for GISs in
studying pedestrian accidents.