Car deaths by time of day

Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel
By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com

John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software.

With the abun­dance of data visu­al­iza­tion projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard…

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Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia

Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists
core77.com

Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i…

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Gun deaths set to surpass traffic deaths soon

American Gun Deaths to Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 2015
By Chris Christoff & Ilan Kolet -, bloomberg.com

Guns and cars have long been among the lead­ing caus­es of non-medical deaths in the U.S. By 2015, firearm fatal­i­ties will prob­a­bly exceed traf­fic fatal­i­ties for the first time, based on data com­piled by Bloomberg.

While motor-vehicle…

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