ABSTRACT
Sfax is
one of the Tunisian governorates with a large number of road accidents,
injuries and fatalities every year. This study aimed to analyze and map traffic
accidents in this governorate. We analyzed the spatial distribution of
accidents, their distribution by cause, by type of road, by size of traffic, by
months of the year and days of the week. Accidents were correlated with several
variables such as population numbers and densities, motorization rate, length
and structure of the road network, and the amount of traffic. On the
cartographic level, we have built a database, through which we have produced a
series of thematic maps to argue this analysis. Through cartographic
production, we also aimed to help road users, decision-makers and researchers
in this area and in the field of transport.
This work showed that Sfax occupies, among the other Tunisian governorates, an
advanced position in gravity. Various human, climatic and technical factors
explained this situation, of which human factors were the most important, and
contributed to almost 90% of accidents. The
current situation of accidents in Sfax requires a series of measures and
actions to alleviate and mitigate the gravity of this phenomenon.