Vehicle routing and notifications based on characteristics

A system, comprising:

• a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
• receiving, in real time, data indicating current driving characteristics of a driver driving a vehicle, the data indicating the current driving characteristics being generated, at least in part, by a plurality of sensors in the vehicle;
• based on the data indicating the current driving characteristics of the driver, determining a driving profile for the driver;
• categorizing the driving profile for the driver into a driving pattern category;
• determining an intended destination of the driver driving the vehicle;
• identifying a plurality of candidate travel routes for the driver to reach the intended destination and, for each of the candidate travel routes, identifying a plurality of route segments;
• based on the driving pattern category into which the driving profile is categorized, determining, for each of the plurality of route segments, a probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause a traffic accident;
• determining from among the plurality of route segments a route segment for which the probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause the traffic accident is lowest;
• and
• communicating to the driver or the vehicle a notification indicating the determined route segment for which the probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause the traffic accident is lowest.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to initiate operations comprising:
• receiving, in real time, data indicating current driving characteristics of a driver driving a vehicle, the data indicating the current driving characteristics being generated, at least in part, by a plurality of sensors in the vehicle;
• based on the data indicating the current driving characteristics of the driver, determining a driving profile for the driver;
• categorizing the driving profile for the driver into a driving pattern category;
• determining an intended destination of the driver driving the vehicle;
• identifying a plurality of candidate travel routes for the driver to reach the intended destination and, for each of the candidate travel routes, identifying a plurality of route segments;
• based on the driving pattern category into which the driving profile is categorized, determining, for each of the plurality of route segments, a probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause a traffic accident;
• determining from among the plurality of route segments a route segment for which the probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause the traffic accident is lowest;
• and
• communicating to the driver or the vehicle a notification indicating the determined route segment for which the probability that the current driving characteristics of the driver will cause the traffic accident is lowest.