Montgomery County Traffic Collision Driver Records

Montgomery County records of drivers involved in traffic collisions on county and local roadways. Data is collected via the Maryland State Police Automated Crash Reporting System and reported by local police departments. It is updated weekly.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between Vehicle Make, Vehicle Year, and Collision Type to identify vehicle-specific risk factors.
• Model the influence of Driver Distracted By, Driver Substance Abuse, and Speed Limit on crash outcomes.
• Perform geospatial clustering of collisions using Latitude and Longitude to identify high-risk road segments.
• Assess the impact of Weather, Surface Condition, and Light conditions on driver-related crash causes.
• Join with other crash datasets using Report Number to create a complete view of incidents, vehicles, and non-motorists.

Strengths

• Contains over 30 specific columns detailing driver, vehicle, and environmental factors per collision.
• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for location-based analysis.
• Designed to be joined with related incident and non-motorist datasets via a common Report Number.

Limitations

• Data is based on preliminary police reports and may contain unverified information or human error.
• The geographic scope is limited to Montgomery County, Maryland, limiting generalizability.
• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale and potential class imbalances.

Provenance

Source

Maryland State Police Automated Crash Reporting System (ACRS), reported by Montgomery County and local police departments.

Collection Method

Collected via police crash reports from reporting parties.

Freshness

Weekly updates.

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, USA (county and local roadways).