We researched fatal crashes in New Hampshire versus those in Massachusetts. Motor vehicle accidents are a prevalent issue that is increasing evermore in the 21st century. It is important to draw attention to what types of crashes are happening, how they are happening, and why they are happening, so the governments and people in both states can make more informed decisions and drive more safely. For example, because the crash rate was so high because of the usage of cellphones while driving, New Hampshire decided to make a change and institute the hands free driving. Without collecting data of each crash and reason, New Hampshire would have never known to make the law. This law is for the betterment of all, and keeps citizens safe on the roads. All this data of crashes in New Hampshire (and Mass) are very important for analyzation, and without the data and the interpretation of it, the roads would not be as safe as they currently are.
The data collected is a comparison between New Hampshire and Massachusetts crashes. The data is from the website of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in the Highway Loss Data Institute. This website has data for each year of motor vehicle collisions for each state in the USA, having the most trusted information of each state’s records , it was the primary source for this data set. The first set of data collected compared the percentage of single car collisions and multicar of total car collisions in each state. The second set of data shows the percent of deaths in each state by types of transportation.
What mode of transportation do people die in crashes more than others in Mass and New Hampshire?
Does Mass or NH have a higher percentage of single vehicle crashes or multi car crashes?
Through this data one can see that New Hampshire has more single car crashes than Mass.
This study was used to determine which state had a safer driving population, Massachusetts or New Hampshire. By looking at crash and fatality data, we could determine if the rate of accidents were higher in one state versus another. The data shows that Mass has a higher rate of accidents than New Hampshire.
Any chance you can factor age into this? For example, are the new teenage drivers causing more of the accidents? Or are the senior citizens? Because if you factor this in then you can pose the question, should the constrictions on driving ages be changed?
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ReplyDeleteHow do motorcycle accidents factor into determining the answer to the question, "Which state has a safer driving population, Massachusetts or New Hampshire?"
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good way of representing this type of data. My only suggestion is I might include cause of crash. That way you can get more perspective and really see how to prevent the accident from happening.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that confused me was in the key for the first graph it says "percent single". percent single what? It took me a while to realize it meant the percent of single car crashes. I agree with the adding cause of crash and see where that leads you
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I see how this shows Mass has a higher rate of accidents - the question I have immediately is how does this vary per capita? I love your talk of the cell phone vs. hands free driving and I think this would be such a cool investigation if you could somehow compare accidents before and accidents after that came into effect - that could really help government officials see if the policy worked or not!
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ReplyDeleteI think that the data sets describing the crash and fatality data would be useful in comparing the rate of accidents and relative safety of driving in that state. Does this data consist of total values which could be used to form visuals describing this data as opposed to the percent makeup of each type of crash, so as to better describe the rate as a whole and show the conclusion described of a higher rate of accidents in Mass than New Hampshire.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could look into reasons why both states have higher rates of single car crashes and what could be influencing these numbers.
ReplyDeleteI guess my question to you guys is; "so what?" (in an encouraging way of course) The information you gathered is great and the graphs are easy to read. However is all you are trying do is show which state has worse drivers? Or is there a deeper insight that you are trying to accomplish? Also I am still a little confused on how the cell phone policy anecdote applies to some of these charts. However, nice job creating easy to read graphs and making smart interpretations of them.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to consider including the setting in which these accidents occurred. It would seem to me that more accidents happen on the highway as opposed to city driving, but you could get data to prove that. Also, maybe compare this data to other states besides Massachusetts, perhaps the country as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI understand that this isn't your main focus, but did you fid any data that shows that the new hands free law has decreased the amount of accidents?
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