Washington DC Roadway Crash Data with Injury and Location Details

Washington, DC crash data includes location points and summary statistics for roadway incidents. The dataset provides details such as the DC ward, injury totals by type and mode of travel, and involvement of speeding. It is maintained by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and derived from the Metropolitan Police Department's crash data management system.

Use Cases

• Analyze injury totals (minor, major, fatal) segmented by mode of travel (pedestrian, bicycle, car) to identify high-risk corridors.
• Map crash locations using the DC ward and nearest intersecting street name to prioritize Vision Zero safety interventions.
• Assess the prevalence of speeding involvement in crashes relative to the cardinal direction and distance from the nearest intersection.
• Examine the distribution of impaired participants (pedestrian, bicyclist, car passengers) across different wards in Washington, DC.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple location references for each crash, such as DC ward, nearest intersecting street name, and cardinal direction from the intersection.
• Provides summary statistics for injuries by type and mode of travel, as well as flags for speeding involvement.
• Derived from the authoritative Metropolitan Police Department's crash data management system (COBALT) and maintained by DDOT.
• Available in multiple file formats including CSV, GEOJSON, and KML for flexible analysis.

Limitations

• Crash records with missing or incomplete location data are excluded from the published dataset.
• The dataset is a summary of the most requested elements, which may not include all details from the original police reports.
• Specific row counts, column counts, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

District Department of Transportation (DDOT), derived from the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) crash data management system (COBALT).

Collection Method

Summarized from police crash reports and enhanced by locating each crash along the DDOT roadway block line.

Freshness

Last updated on March 18, 2026.

Geography

Washington, DC roadway network.