Baton Rouge Vehicular Crash Reports from September 2022

Traffic incident reports for all vehicular crashes occurring within the City of Baton Rouge since September 1, 2022. The data is processed by the Center for Analytics & Research in Transportation Safety (CARTS) at Louisiana State University. Records prior to this date are available in separate legacy datasets.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns in crash frequency using the report date field to identify high-risk periods.
• Map crash locations to identify high-incident corridors or intersections within Baton Rouge city limits.
• Study correlations between crash attributes, such as vehicle type and reported severity, to inform safety interventions.
• Use crash report details to train models for predicting incident severity based on recorded environmental or road conditions.

Strengths

• Data originates from official city reports, providing authoritative records of traffic incidents.
• Processed by a dedicated transportation safety research center (CARTS at LSU), suggesting structured curation.
• Covers all reported vehicular crashes within a defined municipal geography (City of Baton Rouge).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and JSON for flexible access.

Limitations

• The specific number of records, columns, and data fields is not provided, limiting assessment of scope.
• Data is split, with pre-September 2022 incidents stored separately, complicating longitudinal analysis.
• Potential reporting biases exist, as dataset includes only crashes reported to and processed by city authorities.

Provenance

Source

City of Baton Rouge, processed by the Center for Analytics & Research in Transportation Safety (CARTS) at LSU.

Collection Method

Official traffic incident (crash) reports filed and processed by city authorities.

Time Range

From September 1, 2022 onward.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.