TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MAPPING IN BANGKOK METROPOLIS - A CASE-STUDY

Results from an analysis of traffic accidents from a study of the poli ce records of four police stations in the Bangkok metropolis are prese nted. The main emphasis in this study was put on the development of a measure for traffic accident density. The traffic flow was estimated a t the various study locations by trained experts. By relating the freq uency of traffic accidents found in the police records to the independ ently estimated traffic flow, a measure for traffic accident occurrenc e, the traffic accident density, was constructed and estimated for the 47 areas in four study locations. The spatial risk structure was esti mated and three risk groups were identified. Each area was classified into its associated risk group, and traffic accident maps for the four study locations in the Bangkok metropolis are provided here. The impl ication for prevention strategies is discussed.