Diagnóstico dos acidentes de trânsito ao longo da última década na cidade industrial de Curitiba

Abstract

Nowadays, we are on the Decade of Road Safety (2011-2020) which aim to reduce the death and injuries on roads. Brazil is part of an action called Road Safety in Ten Country (RS 10) that is translated as Projeto Vida no Trânsito which Curitiba is member. Projects to reduce accidents should go through the stage of investigation of the current situation and the prevision based on an accidents historical registration. In this context this paper has the goal to present a diagnostic of the traffic in the neighborhood Industrial City of Curitiba, CIC, and point some measures that could contribute to reduce traffic accidents. Throughout research on previous works the facts that contribute to traffic accidents are studied and a methodology is defined to identify the Accidents Accumulation Zones (ZAA). The methodology began by collecting data on the two rescue services (SAMU and SIATE) and the Road Federal Police (PRF). Due to the incompatibility of information between these two data the analysis was done separated. The information is catalogued and grouped to identify the types of accidents. In order to map out the accidents, the CIC polygon was divided in sections of 1000m by 1000m squares and ploted the three main collisions that resulted on death or serious accidents with life risk and accidents considered serious without life risk throughout the years of 2012, 2013 and 2014. From the PFD data it was mapped the accidents that resulted in death and injuries due to the information incompatibility. Once identified the sections that on this time frame of 3 years suffered more accidents, it was done a site visit to initially identify some infrastructure problems and traffic rules breaks. As a result from the SIATE and SAMU data there is a pattern that: the main collisions were done by car and motorcycle, car and car, and running over. The main victims are the conductors and the male. Most part of the accidents were serious without risk of life, happened during the night, between 6 PM and 7:59 PM. The ZAA were found at the crossroads of the streets Eduardo Sprada, Raul Pompeia and Senador Accioly Filho with the avenue Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira. According to the PRF data the car and the truck were the ones that got most involved on accidents; most of the victims didn't suffer injuries; the period of more number of accidents was at day time, mostly from 7AM to 7:59AM, being the male drivers the most hit. The lack of attention was the main factor. On the section Contorno Sul the ZAA was identified between the Kms 599 and 600. Although many conclusions could be possible with the data discussed, there are several incomplete data and information. There are some directions that could be taken: organize a secure data center, work on the same methodology of approach during information collection; insertion and maintenance of road signs and pedestrian infrastructure; better location of the urban furniture; supervision and education of the population.