Context:

The recent increase in accidents, mishaps or road accidents in urban systems with metropolitan characteristics has caused concern in the authorities responsible for planning the issue of mobility and transport subsystems. Indeed, there is convergence that the occurrence of this type of events is away from purely stochastic factors, but are the result of anomalies associated with the intrasystemic interaction of the vehicle, the user and the road. In this sense, the objective of this work is to determine through systemic analysis the components that are causing entropy in the second most important metropolis in Mexico.

Method:

In this analysis the precepts of systems theory are used; in such a way that through the tringulation of data obtained in situ and solved documentarily the causal components of intrasystemic entropy are determined. To do this, a modified derivation of the Pressure-State-Response model that identifies homeostasis in the urban system is elaborated.

Results:

The high exposure rates force the user to occupy the road subsystem for long periods of time, which triggers voluntary and involuntary human errors complemented by the lax requirements for obtaining driving licenses. From here, the components that produce accidents include in the road part the pavements in poor condition, absence of signaling, poor design of intersections, among others; in the vehicle part, mechanical failures due to the useful life of the internal components, flexible regulatory frameworks, and other; in the part of the user for breach of the regulations, physiological factors among others.

Conclusions:

From the systemic analysis, mobility is a subject of valuable study to detect the imbalances in the trinomial Vehicle-User-Road (V-C-U), which lead us to generate preventive and corrective measures that suppress metropolitan accidents, morbidity and mortality in the metropolis; or in our terms to reduce entropy levels in the system.