The role of climatic elements in traffic accidents in Anbar Governorate | ||
| Journal of University of Anbar for Humanities | ||
| Article 29, Volume 2022, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 1653-1678 PDF (1.16 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.37653/juah.2022.174779 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohanad Abed HAMMAD* | ||
| University of Anbar –College of Education for Humanities | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Climatic phenomena are one of the most important problems facing the Iraqi environment in western Iraq, specifically Anbar Governorate, especially dusty phenomena, rain, fog and temperatures, which have greatly affected the increase in the number of traffic accidents in Anbar Governorate, because it is related to the visibility of vehicle drivers, and based on the responsibility that falls on the geographer's responsibility was chosen as a study that shows the size of the problem and its close relationship to the climatic and environmental factors that cause traffic accidents. Through collecting and analyzing the data of the General Traffic Directorate, it was found that 1076 traffic accidents for the period from (2010-2018) 148 accidents were due to bad climatic conditions. The transport departments in Anbar Governorate indicated that the phenomenon of dust storms has a negative impact on the movement of transport, especially the Ramadi-Rutba, Ramadi-Al-Qaim, Haditha-Baiji roads, where dust storms caused 47 accidents, representing 4.3% of the total accidents, and fog recorded 63 accidents, or 5.8%, while accidents were caused by rain and temperatures 31 and 7 by 2.8% and 0.6%, respectively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Traffic accidents; transportation Road; Anbar governorate | ||
| References | ||
|
1-Ali Hassan Moussa, climate and meteorology, Al-Ittihad press, Vol. 2 , Damascus, 1990 .
2-Ali Hussein al-Shalash, the climate of Iraq, University of Basra , 1988,.
3-Hussein al-Sayed Abu al-einin, the origins of climatic geography,1984.
4-Nazir al-Mohammadi, Haitham al-Dulaimi, the dry climate and its impact on the service activity of the health sector and electric energy in Anbar Governorate, Journal of Human Sciences, Anbar, issue,2014.
5-Sabah Aboud ATI, Sahar Nafi Shaker, dust storms in Iraq a study in spatial and temporal characteristics, University of Baghdad, Faculty of Arts, a special issue of the Proceedings of the first national geographical conference held in Baghdad for a period of 1-2 / 12/ 201.
6-Mohammed Delf Ahmed Al-Dulaimi and Nasrin Awad Abdoun Al-jassani, development of dry regions, 1st floor, Amman, Jordan, Dar Al-Ayyam publishing and distribution , 2016 .
7-Ahmed Ayad mekili, the dangers of drought and desertification and the accompanying phenomena, Vol .2, House of candles of culture, Libya, 2009.
8-Hamid Rajab Abdul Hakim al-Janabi, the frequency of dust storms and their environmental and health effects in the city of Ramadi, published research, Iraqi Journal of Desert Studies, Volume 3, No. 1, 2011
9-Ministry of transport and communications , Iraqi Air Force General Authority , unpublished data.
1- Stiers Brijs, Elke Hermans, The Impact of Weather Conditions on Road Safety Investigated on an Hourly Basis.2007.
Adriaan Perrels, Athanasios Votsis, Weather Conditions, Weather Information and Car Crashes.2015. | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 168 PDF Download: 350 |
||