Traffic Infraction Records for Candelaria Municipality, Valle del Cauca

Municipal records of traffic citations issued in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, intended to promote institutional transparency. The dataset includes the infraction date, vehicle class, infraction code, description of the sanctioned conduct, and the address where the incident was recorded. It is published by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of traffic violations using the FECHA (date) column.
• Identify common infraction types and their descriptions using the INFRACCIONES (infraction code) and DESCRIPCION DE LA INFRACCION (description) columns.
• Profile vehicle classes involved in incidents using the CLASE VEHICULO (vehicle class) column for fleet safety planning.
• Map incident hotspots by geocoding addresses from the DIRECCION (address) column.

Strengths

• Includes five specific columns (FECHA, CLASE VEHICULO, INFRACCIONES, DIRECCION, DESCRIPCION DE LA INFRACCION) detailing each infraction.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
• Explicitly published to support statistical analysis and traffic safety strategy formulation.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal traffic enforcement records.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:48:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipality of Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.