BUSNET: Annual Bus Operator Safety Inspection Summary for New York State
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Description
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) semi-annual bus inspection program data helps reduce accidents, injuries, and fatalities from unsafe vehicles. The dataset provides a summary listing of all operators with one or more vehicles inspected by state fiscal year. It includes columns for Region, City, Operator Name, and inspection counts.
Use Cases
Analyze regional safety trends by aggregating Total Inspections and Failed Inspections per Region and City.
Rank Operator Name by failure rates using Failed Inspections and Total Inspections to identify high-risk carriers.
Track inspection outcomes over time using State Fiscal Year End Date to assess program impact on safety metrics.
Strengths
Data is collected under a formal NYSDOT semi-annual vehicle safety inspection program.
Includes a unique Operator ID for consistent operator tracking across years.
Covers multiple state fiscal years beginning in 2009, providing longitudinal perspective.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
Source
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)
Collection Method
Semi-annual vehicle safety inspections conducted by NYSDOT.
Time Range
Beginning 2009
Freshness
Last updated 2025-06-10 21:08:10; freshness should be verified.
Geography
New York State, United States
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