Eren Erman Ozguven
Associate Professor
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
               

Traffic Crash Analysis 
Roadway accidents claim more than 30,000 lives each year in the United States, and they continue adversely affecting people’s well-being. This problem becomes even more challenging when aging populations are considered due to their vulnerability to accidents. This is especially a major concern in Florida since the accident risk is increasing proportionally to the population growth of aging Floridians. As such, this research investigates the spatial and temporal patterns of aging people-involved accidents using Geographical Information Systems (GIS)-based methods and statistical analysis. The utmost importance is given to answering the following question: How do the aging-involved crashes (drivers, passengers, bicylists and pedestrians) vary compared to crashes involving other age groups?

Senior Crash Density and Population Density in the City of Tallahassee, Florida.
Vemulapalli, S., Ulak, M. B., Ozguven, E. E., Sando, T., Horner, M., Abdelrazig, Y., and Moses, R., "GIS-based Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Aging-involved Accidents: A Case Study of Three Counties in Florida", Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy", Volume 10, Issue 4, pp. 537-563, 2017.
Spatiotemporal Variations of 65+ Pedestrian-involved Crashes in Florida.
Ulak, M. B., Ozguven, E. E., Vanli, A.,Dulebenets, M., and Spainhour, L., "Multivariate Random Parameter Tobit Modeling of Crashes Involving Aging Drivers, Passengers, Bicylists and Pedestrians: Spatiotemporal Variations", Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 121, pp. 1-13, 2018.
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