NYC Police-Reported Motor Vehicle Collisions

New York City records contain details from all police-reported motor vehicle collisions where injury, death, or at least $1000 in damage occurred, based on the standardized MV-104AN form. The New York Police Department (NYPD) collects this data through its Traffic Accident Management System (TAMS), with records updated weekly or monthly. The most recent platform update was listed as March 2026, though this may be a placeholder date.

Use Cases

• Analyzing crash severity by borough using columns like BOROUGH, NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED, and NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED.
• Identifying high-risk intersections for traffic safety initiatives using ON STREET NAME, CROSS STREET NAME, and LATITUDE/LONGITUDE.
• Examining contributing factors to collisions via fields such as CONTRIBUTING FACTOR VEHICLE 1 through 5.
• Studying vehicle type involvement in incidents using VEHICLE TYPE CODE columns.

Strengths

• Data is collected uniformly across NYC precincts using a standardized state police report (MV-104AN).
• Includes granular location data with street names, boroughs, and geographic coordinates.
• Covers collisions meeting a specific reporting threshold (injury, death, or >$1000 damage).

Limitations

• Data is noted as preliminary and subject to change as reports are amended.
• One platform lists a last updated date in 2026, which is likely erroneous, indicating potential staleness or metadata issues.
• No concrete row count or dataset size is provided by any source.

Provenance

Source

New York Police Department (NYPD)

Collection Method

Data entered from mandatory MV-104AN police reports via the Traffic Accident Management System (TAMS).

Time Range

Records date from at least the implementation of TAMS in July 1999.

Freshness

Platforms list last updated dates in March 2026, but these may be placeholders; the source NYPD page is updated weekly.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.