Data Mining Factors Affecting Road Accidents in Iran

The purpose: to investigate the causes of road accidents in order to determine the main factorsaffecting their occurrence and to examine the correlation of some of the main factors. Researchquestions: What are the main causes of road accidents in Iran? Do weather conditions play a majorrole in road accidents? Do the types of roads and roads play a significant role in road accidents?And three hypotheses: there is a significant relationship between road type and road accidents.There is a significant relationship between the type of roads and weather conditions in theoccurrence of road accidents. There is a significant relationship between weather conditions andthe type of accidents. This research is applied in terms of cross-sectional time (۲۰۱۵-۲۰۱۹). Themethod was used descriptive-analytical. Data was collected from traffic police database on theroads northwest of around the capital (Tehran) and library studies, and the data are analyzed byTableau, Excel and SPSS soft wares. The results: main cause of road accidents was the humanfactor and lack of attention to the front, but weather conditions and roads type were second mainfactors of road accidents which are environmental factors, but base on the results weather conditionwas not the main cause of roads accidents but would intensify roads accidents, and was effectivein the occurrence severity of road accidents.

Keywords:

Data mining , Road accidents , Public Safety and Health , weather conditions , roads