Safe Travels
Application
Development
Functionality
Algorithms
Data
Queensland Government 'Road Crash Locations'
Used to identify latitude and longitude of crashes
Date of the crash can be identified
Number of casualties can be identified
Manual Input
Destination can be entered
The application will determine 'crash' hotspots on the route determined by starting location and destination
Starting location can be entered
Passive use
The user will be able to use the application on their phone
The phone will harness GPS
location and provide live 'hotspot zones' while travelling
An audible warning will be played if the user
enters a dangerous hotspot zone
Hot spots
The application will tally the crashes in a kilometre radius and assign it to a road or will tally crashes that occurred on the same road
The application will overlay a 'google map' widget with a coloured road that identifies the severity of the hot spot (i.e. red for a high incident road)
User's will be able to enter their current location and the destination they wish to arrive at
Selecting latitude and longitude from data table
The route will be overlaid with crash hotspots determined by latitude and longitude as per the database
The user will receive an overall rating of the danger derived from the route they are about to take (Only available if starting and destination locations are entered)
Modularity
The application can be accessed on phone/tablet and computer
The application will adjust to screen size using CSS and change the appearance of the application to suit
Selective information will be chosen from
User
Target Users
Experienced drivers wishing to improve their safety on the road
Adolescents on red P plates or just received open license (Inexperienced drivers)
Car share/Taxi companies that wish to safely transport customers
Viewing Mediums
Types
The application will need to be modular to display on all types of devices/viewing mediums
Car shar/taxi's use mobile phones
Experienced drivers and Adolescents use a mix of computers, tablets and phones
This will improve the safety of the application,
removing some risk of mistakes
This will ensure that the user notices the hazard
Displaying statistics from a selectd route
Sending email and phone alerts