New York Motor Vehicle Crash Reports with Road and Weather Conditions

Four years of motor vehicle crash case information from data.ny.gov, last updated in January 2026. The dataset includes attributes for each crash, such as collision type, road surface, and weather. Columns suggest data is sourced from police reports and includes location, time, and event descriptors.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal crash patterns using Date, Time, Day of Week, and Year columns.
• Model the relationship between Road Surface Conditions, Weather Conditions, and Collision Type Descriptor.
• Assess geographic distribution of incidents using County Name, Municipality, and DOT Reference Marker Location.
• Profile crash severity and involved parties using Crash Descriptor, Number of Vehicles Involved, and Pedestrian Bicyclist Action.

Strengths

• Includes a four-year temporal window for longitudinal analysis.
• Contains 18 columns covering environmental, temporal, and descriptive factors for crashes.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely compiled from police reports submitted to state authorities.

Time Range

Covers a four-year window (specific years not stated).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-22 19:36:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Columns suggest coverage within New York State, specified by County Name and Municipality.