Competitive Traffic Analytic Data
- 1. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher1 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Traffic
Win of the Week
Week Ending October 7, 2016
• Entered by Ivy Wilcher
• Arnprior, ON, CA
• October 7th, 2016
- 2. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher2 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Traffic Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
• Editor: Ivy Wilcher
• Incident Detail:
On October 7th at 7:04AM Eastern time, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation reported all lanes of the
Trans Canada Highway (HWY-17/HWY-417) blocked in both directions between White Lake Rd/CR-2 and
CR-508 due to an accident involving serious injuries. The situation was made worse due to heavy fog in
the area limiting visibility.
HERE Traffic Editor Ivy Wilcher confirmed the closure via the Ontario Police Twitter feed. Multiple news
agencies also reported the incident, given the severity of the accident and the weather conditions in the
area. Ivy entered the details into the HERE Traffic Feed. As of the writing of this report, the roadway
remains closed.
• Competitive Notes:
Google: Did not report any incident or closure.
INRIX: Reported Westbound HWY-417 closed, but reported Eastbound open.
TomTom: Reported Westbound HWY-417 closed, but reported Eastbound open.
• Resources:
Our Sources: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ontario Police
- 3. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher3 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
HERE Traffic Editor Ivy Wilcher received details of a closure from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation & confirmed the
closure with the Ontario Police. Multiple media accounts also reported on the incident.
- 4. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher4 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
Ivy entered the closure in the HERE Traffic feed.
- 5. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher5 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
Google did not report any
accident or closure on the Trans
Canada Highway. Their map
does not show any flow data in
the closed portion.
The incident Google is reporting
on this screenshot is unrelated
construction.
Note that these screenshots are
taken at 8:51AM Central time,
nearly 3 hours after the incident
was initially reported.
- 6. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher6 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
INRIX reported Westbound
HWY-17 closed due to an
accident, but did not report
Eastbound closed.
- 7. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher7 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
HERE Win of the Week – October 7, 2016
TomTom also reported
Westbound HWY-17 closed due
to an accident, but did not
report Eastbound closed.
- 8. HERE Traffic Win of the Week || October 7, 2016 || Arnprior, ON, CA || Wilcher8 © 2016 HERE | HERE Internal Use Only
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