Spatial analysis of traffic accidents in the urban area of the city of Porto Velho-RO, in the period from 2018 to 2021, using the Geographic Information System-GIS

Abstract

Traffic violence is now considered an epidemic and the number of victims of traffic accidents is increasingly high and can lead to death or serious injury. The aim of this study is to carry out a spatial analysis of traffic accident rates in the urban area of the city of Porto Velho, capital of the state of Rondônia, from 2018 to 2021. The research consists of qualitative and quantitative approaches, as well as bibliographic and documentary data collection, in addition to the statistical procedure method and geoprocessing techniques using the Geographic Information System (GIS), to understand the spatialization of traffic accidents, which between 2018 to 2021 reduced by around -34.2%. Understanding the spatial analysis of the factors that contribute to traffic violence is fundamental, as traffic accidents are a global social, economic and public health problem.