Traffic Incidents in Acacías Municipality with Injury and Severity Data

Traffic incidents recorded in the municipality of Acacías by the Institute of Transit and Transport and the National Highway Police. The dataset includes columns for accident code, injuries, vehicles involved, date of occurrence, deaths, incident type, address, neighborhood, and severity. It was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Predict incident severity (Gravedad) from incident type (Tipo Incidente), vehicles involved (Vehiculos Involucrados), and location (Barrio).
• Analyze temporal trends in injuries (Heridos) and fatalities (Muertes) using the date of occurrence (Fecha_Ocurrencia).
• Map high-risk locations for accidents by geocoding addresses (Direccion) and correlating with neighborhood (Barrio) and severity (Gravedad).

Strengths

• Includes key traffic safety metrics: injuries (Heridos), deaths (Muertes), and incident severity (Gravedad).
• Provides granular location data with specific addresses (Direccion) and neighborhoods (Barrio).
• Offers multiple download formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-18 19:21:20; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Instituto de Tránsito y Transporte and Policía Nacional de Carreteras, via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely recorded by municipal traffic and national highway authorities.

Freshness

2026-05-18

Geography

Municipality of Acacías, Colombia.