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Car Accident Severity in Seattle Daniel Christman | Coursera Capstone | 9/29/20 Introduction Background Seattle is home to many, with a large amount of people commuting into the city from outside suburbs. Many large corporations, like Amazon, Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Microsoft, are headquartered in and around the city, drawing a immense number of residents into the area. With Seattle being known for its unpredictable and often rainy weather, there has been a high number of accidents on the roadways. Problem In Seattle and across the globe, there exists a constant variable for all commuters, that being weather and road conditions. On a given day where road conditions are poor and weather conditions are creating a challenging environment to drive safely, a commuter will face a difficult decision in determining whether it is safe to drive. Currently, a commuter would have no way of predicting the likeli...