accClusters: Analysis of Road Accident Clusters

What the project does

accClusters does two things:

1. It prepares data on traffic accidents in the Czech Republic for visualization in a web application.
2. It finds dangerous spots on Czech roads, i.e., clusters of roads accidents in the Czech Republic.

The project is supported by the grant CK01000049 funded by Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

Why the project is useful

We hope this project will help the Police to improve her resource allocation, and hence reduce the number of serious traffic accidents.

How users can get started with the project

The easiest way to run the project is build a docker image and use it. For this, use

make docker

You can learn what data you need and how to use the software in the user manual (only in Czech). The manual is placed in the man folder. You can build it with

make man

Alternatively, you can run the system on your local computer. For this, you need

• R (system for statistical computation and graphics)

• necessary packages: in R, install renv and run renv::restore()

  • on Linux, you may need a lot of Linux libraries; you can grab their list in the Docker file if you use Ubuntu

• necessary data (see the user manual)

• run update_data.sh bash script; you would have to translate it yourself to Powershell if you use Windows

Where users can get help with your project

If you are interested in the project, let me know please.

Who maintains and contributes to the project

• Michal Kvasnička, Masaryk University