Traffic Accidents With Police Reports in Madrid, Colombia

Municipal police reports detail traffic accidents in Madrid, Cundinamarca, including collision type, involved vehicles, and victim counts. The dataset includes columns for CLASE_ACCIDENTE, HORA, LUGAR, VEHICULO_1, VEHICULO_2, and FECHA. It is published by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk LUGAR and HORA combinations for targeted police patrols.
• Analyze the correlation between CLASE_ACCIDENTE and victim counts (HERIDO, FALLECIDO).
• Model the likelihood of severe outcomes (FALLECIDO > 0) based on VEHICULO_1 and VEHICULO_2 types.
• Trend analysis of accident frequency using the FECHA field to evaluate the impact of road safety policies.

Strengths

• Contains specific fields for accident class, location, time, and vehicle types.
• Includes victim counts (injured and deceased) for severity analysis.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single municipality, Madrid, Cundinamarca.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the 'last updated' date is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Collected from police reports filed for traffic accidents.

Freshness

Last updated date is listed as 2026-03-16, which is inconsistent.

Geography

Municipality of Madrid, Cundinamarca, Colombia.