DMV-Reportable Traffic Ticket Convictions: Four Year Window Data

New York State DMV records include convictions for offenses ranging from standard traffic violations to vehicle-related homicide and manslaughter under the Penal Law. This dataset contains individual-level records of driver convictions from tickets issued for violations of state and local laws. Columns suggest it can be used to analyze conviction patterns by driver demographics, court jurisdiction, and offense type over a multi-year period.

Use Cases

• Analyzing conviction rates by driver age and sex using Age on Violation Date and Sex columns.
• Tracking annual trends in specific offenses using Year of Conviction and Conviction Description.
• Comparing conviction outcomes across different courts using Court Name and Conviction Description.
• Profiling driver license classes involved in violations using License Class on Violation Date.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of legal violations, from traffic ordinances to serious penal law offenses involving motor vehicles.
• Provides structured demographic and temporal fields (Sex, Age on Violation Date, Year/Month of Conviction) for granular analysis.
• Is hosted on multiple official platforms (data.ny.gov, Data.gov), indicating its status as a public government record.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, data size, and license information is missing or marked as 'None' across all provided sources.
• The 'last updated' dates conflict between sources, with one showing 2026-01-28 and another showing 2026-04-11.
• The description does not specify the exact 'Four Year Window' of coverage, limiting temporal context.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYS DMV)

Collection Method

Extracted from records of convictions on file with the NYS DMV from issued traffic tickets.

Time Range

Implied to be a four-year window, but specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated dates are provided but conflict; the most recent claim is 2026-04-11.

Geography

New York State, including local New York City ordinances.