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  • Public Health
  • Transportation Safety
  • Data Science

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  • Road traffic accidents are a significant public health concern, causing fatalities and economic losses.
  • Effective road safety measures are crucial for reducing accident incidence and severity.
  • Targeted enforcement strategies are needed to address prevalent traffic violations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an incremental road safety strategy for prioritizing enforcement.
  • To identify high-risk areas and common traffic violations.
  • To optimize resource allocation for law enforcement agencies.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of traffic violation data across different districts.
  • Comparison of district violation data against the overall average using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test.
  • Evaluation of various clustering optimization techniques, including k-means, to identify violation clusters.

Main Results:

  • Identification of specific districts with elevated risks of traffic violations.
  • Detection of common violations such as speeding, registration, license, seatbelt, driving under influence, and phone usage.
  • K-means clustering demonstrated superior performance in identifying violation clusters for enforcement optimization.

Conclusions:

  • Law enforcement can utilize these findings to focus on high-risk zones and prevalent violations.
  • Optimized enforcement strategies can lead to more efficient resource utilization.
  • The study provides a data-driven approach to enhance overall road safety and mitigate accident consequences.