MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING MODEL OF COMPARATIVE EVALUATING TRAFFIC SAFETY INDICATORS
Abstract
Traffic safety is one of the key issues of public safety, and the analysis of indicators of risky behaviour of traffic participants enables the identification of priority areas for preventive action. This paper analyzes traffic safety indicators at the level of police administrations in the Republic of Srpska, with the aim of determining their importance and ranking the observed police administrations according to the level of security. An integrated MCDM model was applied to classify police administrations based on traffic safety indicators. The SWARA method was used to determine the weight of the criteria, through which the importance of traffic safety indicators is analyzed, while the MARCOS method was used for the final ranking of police administrations in relation to the defined indicators. The results of the research enabled the identification of the most significant factors that affect traffic safety, as well as the selection of police departments with the most favourable and unfavourable values of the observed indicators. By simulating the input values, 42 new scenarios were formed. The results obtained can serve as a basis for the creation of targeted preventive measures and the improvement of traffic safety strategies, with a special focus on the indicators that have the greatest impact on the final ranking.
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