Real-Time Car Accident History Mapped on Google Earth. To Come to iPhone

How dangerous is your commute? The answer may depend on the weather. In addition to speed traps and red light cameras, Njection.com is now offering people the option to view the traffic accident history of a route based on past weather conditions using the Njection Mobile iPhone application.

Njection took five years of accident data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and merged it with global weather conditions from WeatherBug.com. Using Microsoft Virtual Earth, this mashup enables people to see what accidents have occurred in a particular area, and if they want, filter the data to show what accidents have occurred based on weather conditions that are similar to the...Continued