Which traffic accidents are serious or fatal in England?

Not every traffic accident ends up being fatal or serious. Knowing the most important factors can be decisive to prevent a major accident.

This visualization makes use of the data published by the department of transport of the United Kingdom. The data includes the accidents from the 2010 to 2014 period.

There was a total of 100000 accidents. Out of these, 50000 were considered major (they resulted in fatal or serious consequences).

This means that 33% of the accidents were considered major. This metric will be known as severity index from now on.

You can visualize how this index helps to determine which factors are more dangerous than others. Try to compare the severity index between motorcycles and 4-wheelers vehicle categories. Which vehicle category do you think is more dangerous?

Exactly, motorcycle accidents are way more dangerous than all the other kinds of vehicles. The main reason is the lack of protection and security measures.

What can you do as a driver to prevent this kind of accidents? There are four crucial factors that influence the severity of an accident.

These factors are, the type of the vehicle as we just saw, the manoeuvre taken by the vehicle during the accident, the type of intersection where the accident took place, and the point of impact of the vehicle.

Let's take a look at these three last factors. Which ones are the most dangerous?

However, your personal situation matters. The severity of the accidents also depends on other factors which are not directly related to the road.

Use the following filters to select your personal case and find out which manoeuvres, intersections and impact points become more relevant.

Finally, you should observe where did major accidents happen. Try to input a route between two places in England and check out the location and details of the major accidents that happened in the path.