Analysis of Car Accident at the Location of Black-Spot and Rating for Accident-Prone Roads in Surabaya

Abstract

Surabaya is a city that has a relatively high accident rate. As the capital of East Java Province, Surabaya has areas with diverse activities that attract movements. The large number of movements has the potential to cause traffic accidents on the roads in Surabaya. Since 2015 until 2017 there has been an increase in the number of accidents by 179 accidents. Cars became the type of vehicle with the second largest number of accidents after a motorcycle with a total of 6,666 accidents. One of the causes of accidents in Surabaya is the condition of roads that have holes and traffic violations. The main purpose of the research was to analyze car accidents at the location of black-spot and to compile accident-prone roads in Surabaya. The research used accident frequency method and accident level method. The results showed that Road segment that has the highest frequency value in the city of Surabaya is Ahmad Yani Street with a total percentage of 19.67 per cent.