Automated School Bus Camera Violations in Montgomery County

Automated School Bus Camera Violations data from Montgomery County, Maryland details tickets issued for passing school buses with red lights flashing. The dataset is published quarterly by data.montgomerycountymd.gov and includes specific violation timestamps, locations, and bus numbers. It supports analysis of traffic safety patterns around school transportation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing violation hotspots by mapping `LATITUDE` and `LONGITUDE` coordinates.
• Tracking violation trends over time using the `VIOLATION_DATETIME` and `QUARTER_NAME` fields.
• Assessing enforcement impact by `Municipalities` or `Council Districts`.
• Correlating violation counts (`TICKETS_MAILED`) with specific bus routes or numbers (`CITATION_BUS_NUMBER`).
• Studying the relationship between violation locations and nearby `INTERSECTION` or `Zip Codes`.

Strengths

• Data includes precise geospatial coordinates (`LATITUDE`, `LONGITUDE`) for location-based analysis.
• Violations are timestamped (`VIOLATION_DATETIME`), enabling temporal trend studies.
• Dataset is maintained and updated quarterly, indicating active curation.

Limitations

• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist between sources (2026-04-05 vs 2026-04-01), casting doubt on precise freshness.
• Key metadata like total row count, dataset size, and license information are not provided by any source.

Provenance

Source

data.montgomerycountymd.gov

Collection Method

Captured by automated enforcement (bus-arm cameras).

Freshness

2026-04-05 05:17:08.126066

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.