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-# spatial-crash-typology
-A Spatial Typology Analysis of Crash Characteristics.
+# Spatial Crash Typology Analysis
+
+This repository contains the code and data used for the analysis in the paper titled *A Spatial Typology Analysis of Crash Characteristics Across 2,480 Census Tracts in Two New England States*.
+
+## Directory Structure
+- `data/tidy/`: Contains the main data files used in the study.
+- `bin/jupyter/`: Contains the Jupyter notebooks used for the analysis.
+
+## How to Use
+1. Clone this repository.
+2. Install the necessary Python packages listed in `requirements.txt`.
+3. Run the Jupyter notebooks in the `bin/jupyter` directory to reproduce the analysis.
+
+## Data
+The crash data used in this study are publicly available from the official repositories of Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
+
+## Authors
+- Mohammed Abdalazeem, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
+- Jimi Oke, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
+
+## License
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.