Accident map

The Accident map of IceTRA is available here.

The map contains detailed information on road accidents that have occurred in Iceland from 2007 to 2022.

Below is a video that covers the main activities possible on the map, and below the video, those activities are also presented.

Types of accidents and severity

It is possible to choose from one type of accident and the severity, i.e. incident without injury, accident with slight injuries, serious accident or fatal accident.

Heat map

By selecting a heat map, the presentation of the data changes and a "thermal image" is displayed on top of the points. The thermal image shows the "heat" in an area depending on the density of the points displayed. Also, accidents weigh more depending on how serious they are. The color (heat) of a certain area is always relative to the density of other points that appear on the screen at any given time. As the density of accidents is generally higher in urban areas than in rural areas, the temperature in rural areas fades if urban areas are visible on the screen. The thermal image always takes into account the points displayed on the screen and the image changes every time a new time period is selected, a certain severity is taken out or inserted, a certain type of accident is selected or when the map is zoomed in or out.

Background image

The default background is a black and white card, but you can select the background by clicking < and > at the top of the button bar. It is possible to choose between a gray scale (black and white), a map, a photomap (map and aerial photograph together) and an aerial photograph without a map.

Information on single accidents

Clicking on a point will display information about the relevant accident/incident. You can see a generic image of what happened as well as information about the time, location, vehicles and injured persons.

Data in tabular form

Clicking on the cogwheel at the top right shows two buttons. Clicking the button on the right of the two (a sort of diamond with + next to it) makes it possible to draw shapes around a certain area by clicking on each corner of the area (do not hold the mouse button down between the corners). The last corner of the form is then double-clicked and a table is displayed with information on all accidents within the area. This is very useful in getting information on accidents in a particular neighborhood, municipality or even county.

Other information

In addition to the above information, you can see information on road surfaces which is updated in real time, weather information and information on services and entertainment. In addition, distances and areas can be measured with the left button which appears on the cogwheel.