VicRoads Fatalities
VicRoads is a government agency which manages the road network, motor registration, and ensuring safe and efficient transport systems. In addition to road management, VicRoads is also responsible for promoting road safety. Under Lyra Technologies, our goal was twofold:
to gather insights about which driver and vehicle profiles would be more likely to be involved in fatal accidents, and
to create a predictive model for whether a certain accident, given the location, vehicle, and driver data would be fatal, meaning at least one person died as a result of the accident. This project would allow clients to understand which drivers are high-risk and to implement data-driven policies and/or to create a marketing campaign to inform and educate road users on safety related issues. It would also allow for the prediction of the fatality of accidents which could provide insights to cracks within first-responders and the emergency health systems in Victoria, allowing the industry to better respond to road-related incidents.
To see the full project, click here.