Analyzing Urban Traffic Accidents in Space and Time

The road transport system is a vital infrastructural system and plays an important role to perform any activities in any country. But its main negative impact was road traffic accidents and it is becoming major economic and social issues in the world. Hence it is very important to find new ways to handle spatial data related to road accidents. In this case GIS plays an important role in mapping and analysis. This research mainly aimed to examine the spatial and temporal trends of urban traffic accidents in the Colombo MC area. This study area is the main administrative business area of Sri Lanka as well as the capital city of the country. The prevention and mitigation of road traffic accidents are very important. Therefore the analytical and theoretical results will undoubtedly lead to enhanced road traffic accident prevention strategies of the Colombo MC area in the future.