Presentation of Analytical Methods for Better Decision Making about the Most Important Factor Influencing Rural Accidents

Due to population growth and the increasing number of vehicles on rural roads, traffic accidents have become one most important problems in transportation system, which greatly affects social economic situation people. The main purpose this study was apply analytical method investigate factors affecting severity roads Guilan, Iran, order determine effective factor occurrence these accidents. At first, frequency analysis used evaluate variables their frequency, then Friedman test (FT) applied prioritize factors, exploratory (EFA) vehicle Guilan roads. Based FT, weather condition According results EFA, five were identified as involved first contributing environmental factor, including road surface condition. This indicates that concurrent result FT an Guilan. Finally, safety strategies proposed increase reduce along