Pedestrian and Cyclist Traffic Collision Reports for Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Maryland data details non-motorists involved in traffic collisions on county and local roadways. It is collected via the Maryland State Police Automated Crash Reporting System and reported by local police departments. Records are updated weekly.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Injury Severity and factors like Light, Weather, or Surface Condition.
• Identify high-risk intersections for pedestrians by geospatial clustering of collisions using Latitude and Longitude coordinates.
• Model the influence of Pedestrian Actions or Pedestrian Movement on At Fault determinations.
• Assess the prevalence of Substance Abuse among involved non-motorists relative to Collision Type.
• Join with other crash datasets using Report Number to create a complete view of incident, driver, and non-motorist data.

Strengths

• Contains 30 specific columns detailing collision circumstances and participant attributes.
• Integrated with other crash datasets via a join key (State Report Number).
• Update frequency is weekly, indicating active maintenance.

Limitations

• Data is preliminary and may include unverified information or human error, as noted in the description.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, preventing assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic scope is limited to Montgomery County, Maryland.

Provenance

Source

Montgomery County Police, Gaithersburg Police, Rockville Police, Maryland-National Capital Park Police.

Collection Method

Collected via the Maryland State Police Automated Crash Reporting System (ACRS).

Freshness

Weekly

Geography

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