Colombian Transportation Accident Fatalities 2015-2024

Colombian national records detail fatalities from transportation events between 2015 and 2024, as registered by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. The dataset includes demographic, geographic, and incident-specific variables for each case. It is compiled from forensic practice reports submitted by competent authorities.

Use Cases

• Analyze accident fatality rates by 'Departamento' and 'Municipio del hecho DANE' to identify high-risk geographic regions.
• Model the relationship between 'Medio de Desplazamiento o Transporte' and 'Mecanismo Causal de la Lesión Fatal' to understand vehicle-specific injury patterns.
• Investigate demographic disparities by cross-referencing 'Grupo de Edad Quinquenal', 'Pertenencia Étnica', and 'Condición de la Víctima (AT)' columns.
• Study temporal patterns of fatalities using 'Mes del hecho', 'Dia del hecho', and 'Rango de Hora del Hecho (X3 Horas)' features.
• Examine the 'Clase o Tipo de Accidente de Transporte' against 'Objeto de Colisión' to classify common collision scenarios.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year period from 2015 to 2024.
• Contains over 30 distinct columns for detailed demographic and incident analysis.

Limitations

• Case counts are presumptive, as final circumstances are determined by judicial investigations.
• Excludes cases not reported to or known by the forensic medical system, potentially undercounting total fatalities.
• Row count and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses (Colombia).

Collection Method

Compiled from forensic practice reports and cases known to the Colombian forensic medical system upon request from competent authorities.

Time Range

2015 to 2024.

Freshness

Updated as of December 2025 with data through 2024.

Geography

National territory of Colombia.