Download Stats19 data

Source: R/load-stats19.R

Download Stats19 data

dl_stats19(zip_url = paste0("http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/",
  "road-accidents-safety-data/Stats19_Data_2005-2014.zip"),
  data_dir = tempdir())

Arguments

zip_url

The url where the data is stored
data_dir

Directory to which to download the file

Details

This convenience function downloads and unzips UK road traffic casualty data. It results in unzipped .csv data in R's temporary directory.

Ensure you have a fast internet connection and at least 100 Mb space

Examples

# NOT RUN {
dl_stats19()

# Load all stats19 datasets
ac <- read_stats19_ac()
ca <- read_stats19_ca()
ve <- read_stats19_ve()
# now you can analyse the UK's stats19 data in a single table
# }