Motor Vehicle Driver Records From Montgomery County Traffic Collisions

Driver records detail individuals involved in traffic collisions on county and local roadways within Montgomery County, Maryland. Data is collected weekly via the Maryland State Police Automated Crash Reporting System and reported by local police agencies. It can be joined with related crash datasets using a State Report Number.

Use Cases

• Analyze driver involvement patterns across collision events using State Report Number as a join key
• Assess data quality by tracking changes in preliminary collision classifications over time
• Study traffic safety initiatives by linking driver records to incidents and non-motorist datasets

Strengths

• Data is updated weekly, providing recent information
• Records are collected from multiple authoritative police agencies within Montgomery County
• Designed for integration with two other related crash reporting datasets

Limitations

• Collision reports contain preliminary, unverified information subject to change after investigation
• Potential for mechanical or human error in the source data is explicitly acknowledged
• Specific data volume and feature details like row and column counts are unknown

Provenance

Source

Automated Crash Reporting System (ACRS) of the Maryland State Police, reported by Montgomery County Police, Gaithersburg Police, Rockville Police, or Maryland-National Capital Park Police

Collection Method

Collected via the Automated Crash Reporting System (ACRS) from police reports

Freshness

Weekly

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, specifically county and local roadways