Collisions
Collisions in Cambridge, MA
Edwin Chalumeau
Edwinchalumeau@outlook.com
Introduction
A car accident/ road collision is an an event that occurs when a vehicle hits another object. This object can be another vehicle, animal, person, road debris and/or any random object. These types of events may result in damages to vehicle or object, injury, or death.
Accroding to a report from the US Department of Transportation, there were about 32,719 people involved in a fatal car accident in 2013 which was 1,063 less than the 2012 report.
What can cause a traffic accident
According to SmartMotorist.com, these are the following causes of traffic accidents.
1. Machine Error - Bad brakes and tires
2. Road Design - Weather, hazard visibility, and traffic signs
3. Road Maintenance - Debris on road
4. Driver Behavior - Driving drunk, speeding, and sleeping at the wheel
About the Data
The following data was given by the city of Cambridge and WeatherUnderground. Download links for the data will be available below.
Analysis of Data
Number of Accdients per Day
Number of Accident per Time of Day (12 hour)
Number of Accidents per time of day
Number of Accidents per year
Number of Accidents caused by Cars
Number of Accidents caused by Van
Number of Accidents caused by Truck
Number of Accidents caused by Taxi
Number of Accidents caused by School Bus
Number of Accidents caused by Pedestrians
Number of Accidents caused by Motorcycle
Number of Accidents caused by Moped
Number of Accidents caused by Miscellaneous
Number of Accidents caused by MBTA Bus
Number of Accidents caused by Bus (Other)
Number of Accidents caused by Bicycle
Weather
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Streets on where accidents occur
Applications
Collider
A reporting app that lets users report accidents online. It will act like Twitter. The user will "tweet" out an accident with the following information; time, weather, loaction, and what was hit. Right now, it is a Java application but in the furture, it would be an andriod app and then an IOS app.
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What to do when you are in a traffic accident
According to websites like statefarm.com, cars.com and gecio.com, you should do the followwing when you are in a traffic accident.
Keep calm.
Relocate to safe location but do not leave the scene of the crime.
Check if anyone is hurt.
Contact the police/ Call 911.
Exchange driver informotion.
File a claim.
Make sure your car/bike is ready to go back onto the road.
Links
- http://opendatadiscourse.com/contests/
- http://www.wunderground.com/
- https://data.cambridgema.gov/Public-Safety/ACCIDENT-2010-2013/ybny-g9cv?
- http://www.smartmotorist.com/traffic-and-safety-guideline/what-causes-car-accidents.html
- I liked how he designed this page: https://silverskylabs.github.io/yakhak/
- https://www.geico.com/claims/claimsprocess/after-an-accident/
- http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=ins&subject=how_file&story=what-to-do-in-an-accident
- https://www.statefarm.com/claims/resources/auto/what-to-do-after-auto-accident
- Download Data of Cambridge Traffic Collisons
- Download Data of Cambridge Weather 2010 to 2013
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