Automated Safety Cameras (ASC) from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) issue warnings and violations for traffic calming. The dataset contains a monthly and yearly summary of violations categorized by enforcement types, including Red Light, Speed, Truck Restriction, and Stop Sign. It is published by the District of Columbia under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on March 25, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze seasonal trends in traffic violations based on monthly and yearly summary data.
- Compare the prevalence of different violation types, such as Red Light versus Speed offenses.
- Assess the impact of automated enforcement programs on specific violation categories over time.
- Model traffic safety outcomes using aggregated violation counts by enforcement type.
Strengths
- Data is aggregated by month and year, enabling time-series analysis.
- Violations are categorized by specific enforcement types (Red Light, Speed, Truck Restriction, Stop Sign).
- Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- District of Columbia, District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from Automated Safety Cameras (ASC) photo enforcement systems.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 08:18:33.493497; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Washington, D.C. streets and intersections.