New York State Traffic Violation Citations from Motor Vehicle Crashes

Violation citations issued at motor vehicle crash scenes are recorded by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. The dataset includes violation codes, descriptions, and case identifiers for a four-year period. Data is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in January 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze frequency of specific Violation Codes across different Years to identify enforcement trends.
• Link multiple citations to a single crash or individual using the Case Individual ID field.
• Categorize crash severity or type by mapping Violation Descriptions to known violation categories.
• Assess temporal patterns in violation issuance by aggregating data by the Year column.

Strengths

• Covers a four-year time window, providing multi-year trend analysis potential.
• Includes specific violation details via Violation Code and Violation Description columns.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability assessment.
• Lack of geographic or demographic columns restricts spatial and driver profile analysis.
• Data freshness is unclear as the 'last updated' date is future-dated (2026), indicating potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYS DMV), via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Collected from crash reports filed with the NYS DMV.

Time Range

Four-year window (specific years unknown).

Freshness

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Geography

New York State, USA.