Investigation of Effective Factors in the Severity of Rural Road Accidents in Guilan to Determine the Most Effective Factors and Provide Safety Solutions

The increasing number of vehicles on rural roads as a result of population growth has led to one of the most important problems of the transportation system, namely traffic accidents, which affects the economic and social situations of the people. Guilan province is one of the most beautiful tourist areas in northern Iran and many business and leisure trips are made to this area. As a result of these trips, road accidents occur. Investigation of accidents in terms of effective factors makes it possible to predict the occurrence or non-occurrence of accidents requiring relief equipment. In addition, the impact of each factor on the severity of accidents can be examined. It is obvious that such knowledge will lead to the possibility of developing traffic safety programs for traffic engineers, and they can also have a better understanding of the factors that have a positive or negative impact on the severity of accidents. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the severity of traffic accidents on rural roads of Guilan province to determine the most important factors affecting the occurrence of these accidents. In this study, using frequency analysis, the variables were explored and finally, in accordance with the results, safety solutions were proposed to increase safety and reduce accidents on these roads.