en Efficiency Estimation of Road Transport Safety in Iranian Provinces under Uncertainty Conditions شیوه های نوین آموزشی در مدیریت حوادث وسوانح New educational methods in the management of crisis and disasters پژوهشي Research article <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">INTRODUCTION</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Road safety is a recognized global issue and according to the WHO, road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death in all age groups, especially 5 to 29 years. Therefore, in this article, the road safety performance of Iran&#39;s provinces is examined</span></span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">METHODS</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: This research was done using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method which is used in two deterministic and non-deterministic situations in order to evaluate road safety efficiency scores. This method gives scores (inefficiency) that allow road sections to be ranked appropriately</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">in terms of being accident-prone. Uncertainty is one of the inevitable features of real-world problems, for which fuzzy theory and extend the DEA-RS model is used by considering its limitations as probability, necessity, and credibility constraints, and propose three fuzzy models such as possibility of DEA-RS (PosDEA-RS); necessary DEA-RS (NecDEA-RS); and the credibility of the DEA-RS (CreDEA-RS).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">FINDINGS</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Three models which are extensions of the Data Envelopment Analysis based on the Road Safety (DEA-RS) model are proposed for evaluating road safety performance and the CreDEA-RS model is suitable for assessing the safety of roads in the provinces of Iran.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">CONCLUSION</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:110%"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: The results show that the provinces located in mountain and forest areas like Gilan have a lower performance in terms of road safety, and provinces located in desert areas like Yazd have a higher road safety performance.</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">INTRODUCTION</span></b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Road safety is a recognized global issue and according to the WHO, road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death in all age groups, especially 5 to 29 years. Therefore, in this article, the road safety performance of Iran&#39;s provinces is examined</span><span arial="" dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family:">.</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"></span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">METHODS</span></b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: This research was done using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method which is used in two deterministic and non-deterministic situations in order to evaluate road safety efficiency scores. This method gives scores (inefficiency) that allow road sections to be ranked appropriately in terms of being accident-prone. Uncertainty is one of the inevitable features of real-world problems, for which fuzzy theory and extend the DEA-RS model is used by considering its limitations as probability, necessity, and credibility constraints, and propose three fuzzy models such as possibility of DEA-RS (PosDEA-RS); necessary DEA-RS (NecDEA-RS); and the credibility of the DEA-RS (CreDEA-RS).</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">FINDINGS</span></b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Three models which are extensions of the Data Envelopment Analysis based on the Road Safety (DEA-RS) model are proposed for evaluating road safety performance and the CreDEA-RS model is suitable for assessing the safety of roads in the provinces of Iran.</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">CONCLUSION</span></b><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: The results show that the provinces located in mountain and forest areas like Gilan have a lower performance in terms of road safety, and provinces located in desert areas like Yazd have a higher road safety performance.</span><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"></span></span></span></span></span> Road safety performance, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Possibility theory, Necessity theory, Credibility theory Road safety performance, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Possibility theory, Necessity theory, Credibility theory 181 188 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-460-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohaddeseh Amini محدثه امینی 100319475328460012714 100319475328460012714 No Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه صنعتی ارومیه Rahim Dabbagh رحیم دباغ rahim.dabbagh@gmail.com 100319475328460012715 100319475328460012715 Yes Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه صنعتی ارومیه Hashem Omrani هاشم عمرانی 100319475328460012716 100319475328460012716 No Department of Industrial Engineering عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه صنعتی ارومیه