Abstract:
This paper describes a method for identity hazardous road location in Nakhon Si Thammarat
municipality and the findings regarding the causes of the traffic accidents. The ranking of study
locations were selected by using the criteria of number of critical accidents and severity index. The 3
study locations comprise Black Spot no.1 (BS-1): Robinson department store, Black spot no.2 (BS-2):
Nakhon Si Thammarat Technical College and Black spot no.3 (BS-3): Thama-market intersection.
Results of analysis using the Binary Logistic Regression model show that for BS-1, independent
factors that are expected to influence the traffic accidents include gender, number of household
motorcycles and driving with excessive speed. For BS-2, the independent variables that are expected
to influence the incidence of traffic accidents include age, number of cars in a household and lack of
traffic control devices. For BS-3, the independent variables are male and the age of the respondents.
Recommendations are suggested to deal with the factors that influence the occurrence of the traffic
accidents.
