Road Traffic Crashes 2012-2023
Derived from Crowdsourced Reports from Ma3Route
Kenya, 2012 - 2023
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KEN_2012-2023_RTC_v01_M
Road Traffic Crashes 2012-2023
Derived from Crowdsourced Reports from Ma3Route
RTC 2012-23
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kenya | KEN |
Observation data/ratings [obs]
Road traffic crashes
Version
The datasets contain the time and location of road traffic crashes in Kenya (primarily Nairobi); crash information is derived from crowdsourced reports from @Ma3Route. Ma3Route is a mobile/web/SMS platform that crowdsources transport data and provides users with information on traffic, road traffic crash (RTC), matatu directions and driving reports. Users post RTC or traffic information to Ma3Route, where Ma3Route then publishes the post on Twitter. Tweets from @Ma3Route were queried using the Twitter API (tweets were no longer queried once Twitter rebranded to X).
2024-05-20
Coverage
Primarily Nairobi, Kenya
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Sveta Milusheva | World Bank |
| Name |
|---|
| World Bank |
Sampling
All tweets from @Ma3Route from August 2012 to July 2023
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 | 2023-07-12 | 1 |
- Internet [int]
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Sveta Milusheva | WBG | smilusheva@worldbank.org |
| Guadalupe Bedoya | WBG | gbedoya@worldbank.org |
| Robert Marty | WBG | rmarty@worldbank.org |
| Amy Dolinger | WBG | adolinger@worldbank.org |
| Arianna Legovini | WBG | alegovini@worldbank.org |
Milusheva S, Marty R, Bedoya G, Williams S, Resor E, et al. (2021) “Applying machine learning and geolocation techniques to social media data (Twitter) to develop a resource for urban planning.” PLOS ONE 16(2): e0244317. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244317
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Sveta Milusheva | WBG | smilusheva@worldbank.org |
| Guadalupe Bedoya | WBG | gbedoya@worldbank.org |
| Robert Marty | WBG | rmarty@worldbank.org |
| Amy Dolinger | WBG | adolinger@worldbank.org |
| Arianna Legovini | WBG | alegovini@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_KEN_2012-2023_RTC_v01_M
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2024-05-23