Allegheny County Traffic Crash Reports 2004-2020

Allegheny County crash data contains every police-reported traffic incident from 2004 to 2020. The dataset includes fields for injury severity, fatalities, vehicle information, location, and contributing factors, provided by PennDOT.

Use Cases

• Analyze injury severity and fatality counts to identify high-risk road segments or intersections.
• Model crash likelihood using contributing factors like speed, vehicle type, and location information.
• Segment crash data by vehicle types (car, truck, bus, motorcycle, bicycle) to assess risk profiles for different modes.

Strengths

• Covers 17 years of crash data (2004-2020), providing a long-term view of traffic safety trends.
• Includes detailed fields for injury severity, fatalities, and contributing factors for analytical depth.
• Data is officially sourced from PennDOT and reported by police, ensuring a systematic collection process.

Limitations

• Data is subject to PennDOT's data privacy restrictions, which may limit the availability of certain personal identifiers.
• The dataset's last update was in January 2023, so it does not include crashes after 2020.
• Specific row counts and column details are unknown, making it difficult to assess the dataset's scale and structure prior to download.

Provenance

Source

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

Collection Method

Police-reported crash incidents.

Time Range

2004 to 2020.

Freshness

Data covers up to 2020, with a metadata update in January 2023.

Geography

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.