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‭Figure 4.9‬ ‭Severity Distribution by Weather Condition‬

‭The‬ ‭chart‬ ‭titled‬ ‭“Accidents‬ ‭by‬ ‭Hour‬ ‭of‬ ‭Day‬‭and‬ ‭Weather‬ ‭Condition,”‬ ‭represented‬ ‭in‬ ‭Figure‬ ‭4.10‬ ‭illustrates‬ ‭the‬ ‭distribution‬ ‭of‬ ‭traffic‬ ‭accidents‬ ‭throughout‬ ‭the‬ ‭day,‬ ‭segmented‬ ‭by‬ ‭various‬ ‭weather‬ ‭conditions.‬ ‭The‬ ‭x-axis‬ ‭represents‬ ‭the‬ ‭hours‬‭of‬‭the‬‭day,‬‭ranging‬‭from‬‭0‬‭(midnight)‬‭to‬‭23‬ ‭(11‬ ‭PM),‬ ‭and‬ ‭the‬ ‭y-axis‬ ‭shows‬ ‭the‬ ‭number‬ ‭of‬ ‭accidents‬ ‭recorded‬ ‭for‬ ‭each‬ ‭hour.‬ ‭The‬ ‭data‬ ‭is‬ ‭presented‬ ‭as‬ ‭a‬ ‭grouped‬ ‭bar‬ ‭plot,‬ ‭where‬ ‭each‬ ‭group‬‭corresponds‬‭to‬‭a‬‭specific‬‭hour,‬‭and‬‭the‬‭bars‬ ‭in‬ ‭each‬ ‭group‬ ‭represent‬ ‭different‬ ‭weather‬ ‭conditions,‬ ‭such‬ ‭as‬ ‭clear‬ ‭weather,‬ ‭rain,‬ ‭fog,‬ ‭or‬ ‭snow.‬‭For‬‭better‬‭clarity,‬‭these‬‭weather‬‭conditions‬ ‭are‬ ‭distinguished‬ ‭by‬ ‭color,‬ ‭as‬ ‭indicated‬ ‭in‬ ‭the‬ ‭legend placed to the right of the chart.‬ ‭The‬‭chart‬‭effectively‬‭highlights‬‭trends‬‭in‬‭accident‬ ‭occurrences,‬ ‭such‬ ‭as‬ ‭peaks‬ ‭between‬‭2‬‭PM‬‭and‬‭2‬ ‭AM,‬ ‭reflecting‬ ‭higher‬ ‭traffic‬ ‭volumes‬ ‭during‬ ‭these‬ ‭times.‬ ‭It‬ ‭also‬ ‭provides‬ ‭insights‬ ‭into‬ ‭how‬ ‭weather‬ ‭conditions‬ ‭influence‬ ‭accident‬ ‭rates.‬ ‭For‬ ‭instance,‬ ‭adverse‬ ‭conditions‬ ‭like‬ ‭rain‬ ‭or‬ ‭snow‬ ‭may‬ ‭increase‬ ‭accident‬ ‭counts‬ ‭compared‬ ‭to‬ ‭clear‬ ‭weather,‬ ‭particularly‬ ‭during‬ ‭high-traffic‬ ‭periods.‬ ‭This‬ ‭makes‬ ‭it‬ ‭possible‬ ‭to‬ ‭observe‬ ‭patterns‬ ‭and‬

‭correlations‬ ‭between‬ ‭the‬ ‭time‬ ‭of‬ ‭day,‬ ‭weather‬ ‭conditions, and the likelihood of accidents.‬

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