Method of Analysis of the Reasons and Consequences of Traffic Accidents in Uzbekistan Cities Jamshid Abdunazarov 1* , Kudratulla Azizov 2 , Ilkhomjon Shukurov 3 1 Department of Ground Transport Systems, Jizzakh Polytechnic Institute, Jizzakh 130100, Uzbekistan 2 Department of Construction and Operation of Roads, Tashkent Institute for the Design, Construction and Operation of Roads, Tashkent 100060, Uzbekistan 3 Department of Urban Planning, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow 129337, Russia Corresponding Author Email: jamshid@jizpi.uz https://doi.org/10.18280/ijsse.100407 ABSTRACT Received: 13 July 2020 Accepted: 20 August 2020 The article is devoted to the problems in the analysis of road safety in the cities of Uzbekistan, specifically addressing issues with the occurrence of traffic accidents and the analysis of their statistics. The purpose of the article is to study the relationship between violations of traffic rules and the occurrence of traffic accidents in Uzbekistan. This study used the statistical method of correlation analysis and revealed a linear correlation between factors such as the number of traffic violations – the number of traffic accidents; the number of traffic violations – the number of fatalities from traffic accidents; the number of traffic violations – the number injured by traffic accidents; the number of traffic violations – the number of traffic accidents with economic damage. To determine the degree of correlation between the number of violations of traffic rules, the number of road traffic accidents and their consequences, the authors used the coefficient of determination. The results of the study showed that the number of traffic violations is negatively correlated with the number and consequences of traffic accidents. The authors argue that the methodology for registering a traffic accident in Uzbekistan requires modification and that a traffic accident is affected not only by violations of the rules of the road for drivers but also by other factors, such as the design of elements of the road traffic network. Keywords: correlation analysis, road safety, traffic accident, traffic violations, Uzbekistan 1. INTRODUCTION The number of road traffic deaths continues to climb, reaching 1.35 million worldwide a year. The rates of road traffic deaths relative to the size of the world’s population have stabilized in recent years, but 93% of the world's fatalities on roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have only approximately 60% of the world's vehicles. Road traffic accidents cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product. More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. The data presented in “The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018” of the World Health Organization show that progress has been achieved in important areas such as legislation, vehicle standards and improving access to post-crash care [1, 2]. The statistics show that an increasing number of traffic accidents is one of the initial problems for all countries. This is particularly true for those countries in which economies are developing progressively, called developing countries, such as Uzbekistan. The population of Uzbekistan is more than 34 mln [3, 4]. and the length of its road network is 184,783 km, of which public roads represent 42,530 km, internal local roads represent 71,324 km, and city streets and roads represent 69,229 km. Public roads are the main highways in this country [5, 6]. According to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Uzbekistan has the lowest rates of road mortality among the countries of the region; for every 100,000 people, there are 11.32 deaths, and losses from road accidents represent 2.8% of GDP; although this is one of the lowest indicators, according to experts, the losses from traffic accidents represent substantial amounts [7]. The study of the causes, circumstances and conditions of traffic accidents plays a critical role in the development of measures for the prevention of such accidents in road transport [8, 9]. Any accident results not only from not observing a traffic rule but also from deviations from the optimal conditions for the driver–car–road–pedestrian–environment system. 2. MATERIAL ANALYSIS Violation of the traffic rules of the road is dangerous because there is a relationship between the number of violations and the number of traffic accidents, as shown by a number of studies by foreign scientists such as Zhan et al. [10, 11], who studied the risk factors associated with traffic violations and the seriousness of accidents in China. Harrington and McBride [12] studied traffic violations by sex, type, and age in California, USA. Pesic et al. [13] studied the possibility of improving road safety based on an analysis of a database on traffic violations in Serbia. Rimmö and Åberg [14] examined the issue of traffic rule violations and Swedish drivers' errors. Azemsha et al. [15] analysed the data of traffic International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering Vol. 10, No. 4, August, 2020, pp. 483-490 Journal homepage: http://iieta.org/journals/ijsse 483