MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1991
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NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM TO ANALYSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA
A NEW COMPUTER
SYSTEM FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA BY THE ROAD SAFETY AND STANDARDS DIVISION OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE HAS COME INTO OPERATION RECENTLY.
AN ENGINEER OF THE ROAD SAFETY AND STANDARDS DIVISION, MR LEUNG TAK-FAI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA SYSTEM (TRADS) WAS A DISTRIBUTED MICRO-COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM PROVIDING MEANS AND FACILITIES FOR THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA.
"THE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE EXISTING COMPUTERISED RECORDS ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA; AND TO FACILITATE INTERACTIVE ENTRY, EDIT AND FLEXIBLE SELECTION OF THE DATA.
"THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO FACILITATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TERRITORY-WIDE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA AND DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS UNDER THE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT REDUCTION SCHEME," HE SAID.
MR LEUNG ADDED THAT INVESTIGATION WORK DONE BY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT STAFF COULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED AND MORE TIME COULD BE SPENT BY POLICE IN INVESTIGATING ACCIDENTS, INSTEAD OF RECORDING TIME.
MORE UP-TO-DATE ACCIDENT INFORMATION COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO BOTH THE OFFICERS INVESTIGATING ACCIDENTS AND ΤΟ THE MEMBERS OF OMELCO, DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
INPUT AND VALIDATION OF ACCIDENT DATA COULD BE DONE WITHIN TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT TWO TO THREE WEEKS, HE ADDED.
ELABORATING ON THE APPLICATION OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY, A SENIOR ENGINEER, MR CHING KAM-CHEONG, SAID THE FINAL PRODUCT OF TRADS WAS AN ACCIDENT DATA BANK FROM WHICH ACCIDENT INFORMATION COULD BE RETRIEVED AND ANALYSED TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION AND PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY.
"FROM ITS ACCIDENT DATA BANK, THE COMPUTER REGULARLY PRODUCES LISTS OF LOCATIONS (ACCIDENT BLACK SITES) WHICH ARE CATEGORISED BY NAME AND NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING.
'FROM THESE LISTS, SITES WITH SEVERE ACCIDENT PROBLEMS CAN BK IDENTIFIED AND STUDIED ON A PRIORITY BASIS, WORST SITES BEING DEALT WITH FIRST.
"WHEN STUDIES INDICATE A COMMON FACTOR IN ACCIDENTS OCCURRING AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION, IT FOR THE ROAD SAFETY ENGINEER TO PROPOSE REMEDIAL REDUCING THESE COMMON-FACTOR ACCIDENTS,' HE SAID.
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A NUMBER OF THE IS OFTEN POSSIBLE MEASURES AIMED AT
/IN PROMOTING