Investigation of the Spatio-Temporal Impact of Traffic Accidents

Introduction and goal of this thesis

Traffic accidents play an important role in our lives in terms of safety and security, especially for people. Everyone is affected by traffic accidents either directly (involved) or indirectly (consequences). Consequences such as traffic jams or road (lane) closures not only disrupt delivery and rush hour traffic, but can also lead to additional accidents. In addition, different types of traffic accidents can have different consequences. For example, an impact could be found in a reduction of the average travel speed on the road or on nearby roads in the time after an accident has occurred.

The goal of this thesis is to investigate the impact of traffic accidents based on vehicle trajectories. Therefore, accident and trajectory data need to be linked and the spatial and temporal impact needs to be analyzed.

Tasks and time frame

1. Literature review
2. Data investigation and visualization
3. Target-oriented data processing with respect to identified challenges
4. Analysis and quantification of the traffic impact based on the obtained results
5. Suitable representation of the results
6. Write thesis documentation

Resources

• Multiple trajectory data sets for different time periods
• German Traffic Accident Data Set (Unfallatlas Deutschland)
• OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Requirements

• Programming skills (preferably Python)
• Being able to access databases and define SQL statements (optional)
• Interest and willingness to work with trajectory data
• Ability to work independently and strong personal initiative

Note

This thesis topic can be done in English or German language.

Contact person(s)

M. Sc. Jens Golze (E-Mail jens.golze@ikg.uni-hannover.de, Tel. 762-19438)

Institute of Cartography und Geoinformatics, Appelstraße 9 a, 30167 Hannover, Room 611