Introduction. In the modern world, where more and more vehicles appear every day, the issue of traffic safety is becoming more acute. The most prospective method of traffic safety management, on our opinion, is the analysis of statistical data on road accidents (hereinafter accidents), which allows to determine the accident levele, causes of accidents, evaluate the effectiveness of implemented measures to improve traffic safety and more.
Problem Statement. As the main task of traffic safety ensuring is to reduce accident level and severity of the accidents consequences, and especially to reduce accidents with fatalities to a minimum, the analysis of accident statistics data plays a key role and is an integral part of a comprehensive approach to solve the issue of the traffic safety management.
Purpose. The purpose of the work is to determine the features of the seasonal distribution accidents and identification of factors that affect the occurrence of road accidents during the year
Materials and method. The article uses a method of comparison and identification, which shows the impact of seasonal changes on the occurrence of road accidents, and materials of the Road Safety Management (RSM) branch database which was created in the State Enterprise "DerzhDorNDI").
Results. The study of the formation of characteristics of seasonal changes in accident level on the network of state roads of Ukraine allows identifying the features and patterns of annual dynamics of road accidents with the definition of monthly maximum and determining the features of seasonal stability of accident level indexes.
Conclusions. Based on the analysis, it was found that the indicators of seasonal changes in accidents in Ukraine are quite stable, as they experience only minor fluctuations during the year. Qualitative analysis of accidents by various indicators allows determining the main causes that impact on the occurrence of accidents and the severity of their consequences. Taking into account the seasonal variability of the accident level allows rationally planning the activities of transport organizations directed on preventing road accidents on the roads of state importance.
