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Title:

Visualizing the Spatial Density of Traffic Fatalities: SafeRoadMaps National Heat Maps

Accession Number:

01154714

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA
Order URL: http://pubsindex.trb.org/orderform.html

Abstract:

Road traffic injuries are the number one, non-disease related, cause of death in the world: more than 1.2 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million sustain non-fatal injuries. In 2008, in the United States, there were 37,261 motor vehicle fatalities; the result of 34,017 motor vehicle crashes. Clearly, there is an urgent need for governmental agencies, and other key institutions, to increase and sustain action to prevent motor vehicle injuries. This paper reports on the ongoing development of SafeRoadMaps, a publicly accessible website (www.saferoadmaps.org) that is being developed to visually communicate and allow analysis of public health issues related to rural and urban road transportation safety. Specifically, this paper reports on the development and use of “Heat Maps” as an innovative visual means for communicating the spatial density of traffic fatalities.

Monograph Accession #:

01147878

Report Numbers:

10-2828

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA

Authors:

Hilton, Brian

Claremont Graduate University

Horan, Thomas A

Claremont Graduate University

McClintock, Rondalynne

Claremont Graduate University

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2010

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (16) ; Tables (4)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Spatial density

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-2828

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Last Modified:

Apr 14 2010 2:41PM