1. Fatal traffic incidents near downtown Chicago
2. Fatal traffic incidents in the Bay Area
3. Incidents in the Los Angeles basin occurring on weekends in the nighttime hours where alcohol was a factor
4. Incidents in the Los Angeles basin area occurring on weekdays in the morning and evening commuting hours
5. Click an icon on the map to see details about the incident
6. Single-vehicle incidents in the Los Angeles area that were not alcohol-related
7. Visual Fusion uses maps and timelines to visualize the data, with more details available in the side panel
8. Fatal accidents along the East Coast, with the heatmap weighted by number of fatalities
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About
CollisionWatch is a visualization of traffic fatalities over one year across the United States. The data is, to say the least, sad, but putting these statistics into the context of when and where can lead to a better understanding of geographic, timely, and causal patterns. An increased understanding, and perhaps the revelation of predictable patterns and trouble spots can lead the way to better questions.
Data
The data comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, used with permission, and denotes instances of automobile collisions in the year 2007 (US) where one or more fatality occurred, and what conditions were involved.
The basemap tiles are provided via the Bing Map Service and assembled within IDV Solutions’ Visual Fusion Experience (VFX) front end. The “Cartographic” map style is an interesting inverted treatment of the regular old Bing road map style.
Visualization
This visualization uses VFX’s map viewer, timeline, and filter control. Incidents are shown as interactive objects on the map and in the timeline. Clicking any incident pulls up a basic report on the incident including contributing factors.
The incidents are also represented as a hot-spot analysis map overlay. The hot-spot analysis, or heatmap, gives an immediate visual impression of clustered incidents and trouble spots where heavily stacked points may not. The combination of these visualization methods provides the benefits of insightful visualization and deep-dive reporting interaction.
About Us
IDV Solutions is an enterprise software company committed to helping organizations make their information more accessible, understandable, and contextual.
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