Factors That Affect Road Safety

1.0 Research Question
In 2007, a study by researchers of Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and researchers of Allianz Center for Technology in Germany has discovered that racing video games might be one of the contributing factors in bad driving habits of individuals. Bad driving habits include recklessness, competitive behavior and performing risky maneuvers. According to the report, individuals who play these games and drive vehicles are more likely to drive irresponsibly and get into accidents than individuals who don't play racing games. Men were found to take more risks when they had previously played a racing game.
In my own experience with road safety, interest in motor racing can also be given as a possible source of influence

However, it would be interesting to apply Data Visualization methods, to explore what the data convey at a higher level related to road safety across the United Kingdom.
I am curious to know how telecasting of motor races on television might affect road safety across the United Kingdom. In particular, I am keen to investigate whether there is significant evidence for association between the road accidents and the telecast of motor races on television.
The main aim of this analysis is to identify whether there is a relationship or a trend between the road accidents and the telecast of various motor races such as Formula 1, MotoGP, and British Touring Car Championship etc. It is assumed that this initial research question will lead to further questions as more insight and knowledge is gained into this subject based on the evolution of the visual exploration of

It can be considered as the most comprehensive and reliable single source on accidents that can be used for longitudinal exploration in GB. However, it is not a complete record of all injury accidents and resulting casualties, due to some accidents not being reported. In addition, there is evidence that some casualties that meet the definition of a serious injury are documented by the police as slight injuries. The severity of injury recorded in the dataset is liable to be misclassified due to the difficulties of assessment by non-experts at the scene of the accident. Therefore, similar to most data sources, careful exploration of the dataset is required before drawing conclusions from the data.

Appendix 1 – Glossary
1. STATS19 - The Standing Committee on Road Accident Statistics (SCRAS) is the body set up to manage the STATS19 process for road accident data collection. Road accidents on the public highway in Great Britain which were reported to the police and which involve casualties, are recorded by police officers onto a STATS19 report form. This form collect information about the accident, the vehicle details and casualties involved. The form is completed at either the scene of the accident, or when the accident is reported to the police.
A copy of STATS19 form is available at,