ITEC202 Data Management and Visualization Part B
ITEC202 Data Management and Visualization Part B
Student ID S00369134
Presentation Recording:
Here in the above “Crash Severity Distribution” pie chart, we see that is has displays
the crash severity in the Queensland between the year 2001-2020. From the chart, the
percentage of the medical treatment form the crash is 31.15%, with together Hospitalization
that represents the percentage by 29.94%. Also, we can see that the property damage and minor
injury percentage remains 23.81% and 13.61% respectively. The Fatal crash severity remains
less which is 1.49%. This shows that the crash leading fatal severity occurs much less frequent.
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The second chart above shows the frequency of the crash per hour of day in the
Queensland that has occurred in the last 20 years. From the chart, we can see that most of the
crash has occurred at the 3PM with the number of 31,534. On the other hand, the least number
of accidents which is 3,918 occurred at the 3 AM.
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This chart (“Crash Type Distribution”) above represents the crash types that has occurred in
the Queensland over the last 20 years. From the chart, the most dominate crashes were multi-
vehicle crashes making up of 61.69% which is 226,545 incidents. The crash then was followed
by the “single vehicle”, Hit pedestrian” and the “Others” crash type.
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Here, we can see the line chart which is “Number of the crashes per Year” depicts the
fluctuation in the number of the road crashes in the Queensland between the year 2001 to 2020.
From the chart, we can see that the peak was in the year 2008 with number of 23,525 crashes
in total, and as well as, the number has significantly decreased over the time period with the
total of 12,124 crashes in total which is still significant number.
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Here the dashboard for the Main Roads of the Queensland Road Traffic crashes
provides the 20 years of the crash data, thus helping and improving the road safety by
illustrating the different crash data, its severity, the peak hours and other valuable insights.
Data visualization in the simple term is a very powerful tool that convert the raw,
unprocessed, frequent complex data into a more easier format that is very easy to comprehend
and interpret. Here in the context of the Queensland Main Roads Traffic Crashes Dashboard,
this has the number of the major potential social effect impacting the society in multiple ways.
We can say that the dashboard potential benefits are very vast.
With the help of the dashboard, we have visually represented the data, allowing the
Queensland Mains Road (QMR) Department to identify the hidden pattern and trends presented
in the raw format. With such representation, people like the policymaker, concerned authorities,
urban planners, they can use this information to make the informed decisions and develop
various strategies for the road safety. For example, as seen in the “Number of Crashes by Hour
of Day” chart, the public can be made aware or alert. Also the medical response allocation can
be easily guided interm of the expected injuries after the crashes with the help of “Crash
severity Distribution”. Similarly, the vehicle safety standards can be very well informed by the
“Crash Type Distribution” donut chart. While the benefits of visualization remains, but also the
with the wrong assumption, it can be misunderstood or even abused. Lets say, if the user is not
able to the comprehend the techniques that are used to visualize the data, they might come in
the incorrect conclusion. Furthermore, it is essential to take security measures, as there is risk
of the exposure of the sensitive data among the public.
At the end, the Queensland Main Roads Traffic Crashes Dashboard has the significant
potential to improve the road safety, but it also must be properly utilised with the security
considerations taking different security measures.