Officials said 50 city vehicles have been equipped with systems that automatically hit the brakes if drivers go over a posted speed limit.

It's a web application that analyzes road conditions and predicts where traffic collisions are most likely to occur.

The District's government has recruited the public to comb through its traffic video archives and fuel a Microsoft platform it hopes will prevent needless roadway deaths.

The information flow will support the Vision Zero initiative, which aims to reduce the number of traffic-related deaths and serious injuries in the city to zero.

In an effort to end traffic deaths, Microsoft and Datakind team up on a study showing where and why vehicles collide.