Analyze Crash Trends With VDOT’s Data Visualization Tool

The Virginia Department of Transportation has shifted gears in its approach to open data.

Since 2013, the agency has used data visualization software Tableau to present its data on accidents and crashes in a more intuitive and useful way.

This can help citizens pull the lever of change if the numbers prove an intersection or road is dangerous.

“You can say I want to see I-95 in Fairfax County and only see fatalities,” said Keith Donley, the enterprise data manager at VDOT.

This can fuel “conversations about where the most dangerous roads are.”

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