Cambridgeshire Road Traffic Collision Records 2017-2025

Cambridgeshire road traffic collision data covers personal injury incidents on public roads from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2025. The dataset is compiled by Cambridgeshire County Council from reports filed by police officers or the public. It excludes damage-only collisions and incidents on private property.

Use Cases

• Predict collision severity based on features like date, time, and road type.
• Analyze temporal patterns in casualty statistics across years and months.
• Identify high-risk locations for vehicle collisions using geospatial incident data.
• Model the relationship between collision outcomes and reported weather or road conditions.

Strengths

• Nine-year time range from 2017 to 2025 provides longitudinal analysis potential.
• Data includes personal injury collisions reported to police within a 30-day window.

Limitations

• Data for the most recent two months of 2025 is provisional and likely incomplete.
• Excludes damage-only collisions and incidents on private roads or car parks, limiting scope.
• Relies on public and police reporting, which may undercount minor incidents.

Provenance

Source

Cambridgeshire Insight, via Cambridgeshire County Council.

Collection Method

Collected by police officers at collision scenes or from public reports submitted online or at stations.

Time Range

1st January 2017 to 31st December 2025.

Freshness

Data is updated periodically, with the latest snapshot from April 2026 covering up to December 2025.

Geography

Public roads within Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.