National Road Status Reports from Colombia's National Police

Reports on the status of national roads from the National Police Directorate of Traffic and Transportation. The dataset includes columns for the reason and type of road disruption, jurisdiction, traffic backup length, alternate routes, weather conditions, and municipality. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Classify types of road disruptions (TIPO DE LA AFECTACIÓN VIAL) based on reported events (EVENTO PRESENTADO) and weather conditions (CONDICIÓN CLIMATICA).
• Estimate traffic impact by analyzing the length of vehicle queues (KILOMETROS DE REPRESAMIENTO DE VEHÍCULOS) across different departments (DEPARTAMENTO).
• Map incident locations and identify high-risk corridors (CORREDOR VIAL) using geographic columns like ZONA, MUNICIPIO, and NOMBRE DEL SECTOR.
• Analyze reporting patterns and incident resolution by tracking the report status (ESTADO DE REPORTE) and the responsible entity (QUIEN REALIZA LA AFECTACIÓN VIAL).

Strengths

• Provides structured incident reports from an official national authority, the National Police Directorate of Traffic and Transportation.
• Includes multiple geographic detail levels such as DEPARTMENTO, MUNICIPIO, ZONA, and CORREDOR VIAL for spatial analysis.
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and temporal coverage require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Dirección de Transito y Transporte de la Policía Nacional (National Police Directorate of Traffic and Transportation), Colombia.

Collection Method

Operational reports on road status and incidents.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:04:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia