Read in STATS19 road safety data from .csv files downloaded.
read_accidents(
year = NULL,
filename = "",
data_dir = get_data_directory(),
format = TRUE,
silent = FALSE
)
Arguments
year |
Single year for which data are to be read |
filename |
Character string of the filename of the .csv to read, if this is given, type and
years determine whether there is a target to read, otherwise disk scan would be needed. |
data_dir |
Where sets of downloaded data would be found. |
format |
Switch to return raw read from file, default is TRUE . |
silent |
Boolean. If FALSE (default value), display useful progress
messages on the screen. |
Details
This is a wrapper function to access and load stats 19 data in a user-friendly way.
The function returns a data frame, in which each record is a reported incident in the
STATS19 data.
Examples
#> Files identified: DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011.zip
#> http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011.zip
#> Attempt downloading from:
#> Data saved at /tmp/RtmpPQ7lGS/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011.csv
ac = read_accidents(year = 2011)
#> Reading in:
#> /tmp/RtmpPQ7lGS/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2011.csv
#> date and time columns present, creating formatted datetime column
#> Files identified: DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009.zip
#> http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009.zip
#> Data already exists in data_dir, not downloading
#> Data saved at /tmp/RtmpPQ7lGS/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009.csv
ac_2009 = read_accidents(year = 2009)
#> Reading in:
#> /tmp/RtmpPQ7lGS/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2009.csv
#> date and time columns present, creating formatted datetime column
# }