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Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia

With the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Malaysian government implemented a series of lockdown measures to break the chain of COVID-19 within the community. The lockdown measures were separated into three phases, namely movement control order (MCO), conditional movement control order...

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Main Authors:	Eh, Jia Yang, Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi, Goh, Boon Hoe, Yap, Kian Lim, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Ng, Cui Ming, Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing, Nordiana, Mashros
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	AIP Publishing 2023
Subjects:	HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/1/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/7/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic%20accidents%20in%20Malaysia%20.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/ https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421
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spelling	my.ump.umpir.373412023-06-08T02:04:40Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/ Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia Eh, Jia Yang Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi Goh, Boon Hoe Yap, Kian Lim Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah Ng, Cui Ming Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing Nordiana, Mashros HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements With the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Malaysian government implemented a series of lockdown measures to break the chain of COVID-19 within the community. The lockdown measures were separated into three phases, namely movement control order (MCO), conditional movement control order (CMCO), and recovery movement control order (RMCO). Due to limited research conducted, this paper aims to investigate the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia. Quantitative data were collected from the internet and the government agency. They were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the changes in mobility and the number of traffic accidents in different aspects. Meanwhile, inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis were applied to validate the relationship between mobility and the number of accidents. The results were presented using graphical and tabular methods. The findings show that the mobility dropped by 64% on average during MCO compared to a baseline value computed during the pre-lockdown period. The reduction in mobility during CMCO and RMCO was 40% and 15%, respectively. Next, the regression analysis reveals a strong positive relationship between mobility and the number of traffic accidents. Hence, the reduction in traffic accidents can be concluded as an impact of COVID-19 lockdown. The reduction in the number of accidents during the three lockdown periods was: MCO (73%), CMCO (46%), and RMCO (19%), compared to the average of 2015-2019. Besides, it was found that the reduction in the number of traffic accidents was greater than the reduction in mobility during the lockdown periods. This suggests that traffic reduction has a multiplicative effect on road safety. Moreover, the findings reveal that the reduction in severe and fatal accidents was greater than the reduction in mobility. This suggests a positive effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the severity of traffic accidents. This study provides an insight into the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on traffic patterns in Malaysia. It also provides important implications for traffic management. AIP Publishing 2023-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/1/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/7/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic%20accidents%20in%20Malaysia%20.pdf Eh, Jia Yang and Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi and Goh, Boon Hoe and Yap, Kian Lim and Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah and Ng, Cui Ming and Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing and Nordiana, Mashros (2023) Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia. In: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2021 World Sustainable Construction Conference, WSCC 2021, 15 - 16 October 2021 , Virtual, Kuantan, Pahang. pp. 1-20., 2688 (020006). ISSN 0094-243X ISBN 978-073544483-6 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421
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topic	HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
spellingShingle	HE Transportation and Communications TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements Eh, Jia Yang Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi Goh, Boon Hoe Yap, Kian Lim Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah Ng, Cui Ming Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing Nordiana, Mashros Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
description	With the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Malaysian government implemented a series of lockdown measures to break the chain of COVID-19 within the community. The lockdown measures were separated into three phases, namely movement control order (MCO), conditional movement control order (CMCO), and recovery movement control order (RMCO). Due to limited research conducted, this paper aims to investigate the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia. Quantitative data were collected from the internet and the government agency. They were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the changes in mobility and the number of traffic accidents in different aspects. Meanwhile, inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis were applied to validate the relationship between mobility and the number of accidents. The results were presented using graphical and tabular methods. The findings show that the mobility dropped by 64% on average during MCO compared to a baseline value computed during the pre-lockdown period. The reduction in mobility during CMCO and RMCO was 40% and 15%, respectively. Next, the regression analysis reveals a strong positive relationship between mobility and the number of traffic accidents. Hence, the reduction in traffic accidents can be concluded as an impact of COVID-19 lockdown. The reduction in the number of accidents during the three lockdown periods was: MCO (73%), CMCO (46%), and RMCO (19%), compared to the average of 2015-2019. Besides, it was found that the reduction in the number of traffic accidents was greater than the reduction in mobility during the lockdown periods. This suggests that traffic reduction has a multiplicative effect on road safety. Moreover, the findings reveal that the reduction in severe and fatal accidents was greater than the reduction in mobility. This suggests a positive effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the severity of traffic accidents. This study provides an insight into the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on traffic patterns in Malaysia. It also provides important implications for traffic management.
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author	Eh, Jia Yang Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi Goh, Boon Hoe Yap, Kian Lim Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah Ng, Cui Ming Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing Nordiana, Mashros
author_facet	Eh, Jia Yang Ali Mohamed, Abdullahi Goh, Boon Hoe Yap, Kian Lim Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah Ng, Cui Ming Liew, Nicole Siaw Ing Nordiana, Mashros
author_sort	Eh, Jia Yang
title	Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
title_short	Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
title_full	Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia
title_sort	effect of covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in malaysia
publisher	AIP Publishing
publishDate	2023
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/1/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/7/Effect%20of%20Covid-19%20lockdown%20on%20mobility%20and%20traffic%20accidents%20in%20Malaysia%20.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37341/ https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0113421
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Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents in Malaysia

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