\nAssessment of Trend and Seasonality in Road Accident Data: An Iranian Case Study\n

Abstract

\nBackground: Road traffic accidents and their related deaths have become a major concern, particularly in developing countries. Iran has adopted a series of policies and interventions to control the high number of accidents occurring over the past few years. In this study we used a time series model to understand the trend of accidents, and ascertain the viability of applying ARIMA models on data from Taybad city.\n