Denver Traffic Accidents with Geospatial and Road Condition Data

City of Denver Traffic Accidents data includes motor vehicle crashes reported to the Denver Police Department. The dataset is dynamic, covering the previous five calendar years plus the current year to date, and is hosted by data.colorado.gov. It was last updated on 2026-04-03 11:05:49.

Use Cases

• Predict accident severity (SERIOUSLY1, FATALITY_M) using road conditions (ROAD_CONDI, ROAD_DESCR) and harmful events (HARMFUL_EV).
• Analyze spatiotemporal patterns of incidents using REPORTED_D, FIRST_OCCU, and geospatial coordinates (GEO_LON, GEO_LAT).
• Model contributing factors for different traffic units using driver (TU1_DRIVER, TU2_DRIVER), vehicle (TU1_VEHICL, TU2_VEHICL), and travel (TU1_TRAVEL, TU2_TRAVEL) columns.
• Assess neighborhood-level (NEIGHBORHO) safety trends by precinct (PRECINCT_I) and district (DISTRICT_I).

Strengths

• Dynamic data updated continuously for accuracy, as stated in the description.
• Includes detailed geospatial coordinates (GEO_LON, GEO_LAT) for location-based analysis.
• Contains over 30 columns covering vehicles, road conditions, and incident outcomes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Denver Police Department, hosted by data.colorado.gov.

Collection Method

Motor vehicle crashes reported to the Denver Police Department.

Time Range

Previous five calendar years plus the current year to date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 11:05:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City and County of Denver.