Santiago train crash infographic

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Santiago train crash infographic
Source: http://www.noticias24.com/fotos/noticia/10639/en-infografia-como-sucedio-la-catastrofe-ferroviaria-en-espana/ 

This infographic is about a a train crash in the city of Santiago, Spain. It explains in a very clear way what happens, the reasons for the derailment, provides the technical details of what happened and displays all in a very visual way.  It is in a halfway between the abstract and the figurative. maps are abstract but draws and images are completely figurative. The infographic is quite functional, because each part of it and each eleement contains information, each one gives an important approach of the train crash.  It is very lightness, audiences is not going to be overwhelmed because disposition, shapes, lines and colors have been selected in order to offer information in a harmonic way. It is more multidimensional because it gives data from different perspectives or points of view, it talks about the speed, the train model, the number of passengers, etc. This infographic is familiar, audience is used to see this type of images showing information and content is also presented in a common way for this type of cases. It is also novel because data are not repeated it is shown in a way that in each aspect provides new approaches about it. It speaks about the same topic along all its surface but the information is shown in different sur-topics. 

This infographic is intelligible and shallower. It is oriented to a wide audience and it can be understood by a lot of people that does not have any idea about the accident. It does not need an extra explanation to be comprehended because of it clear disposition and illustration.