Critical Road Accident Sectors in Colombia with Fatalities from 2015 to 2019

SOCRATA platform data defines homogeneous road segments on Colombia's national primary and secondary network, with segments not exceeding 10 kilometers. The dataset likely contains a 5-year historical series of fatal traffic accidents from 2015 to 2019, sourced from SPOA and Medicina Legal. It was last updated on December 19, 2025, by the organization www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk road segments using GiPValue and GiZScore for targeted safety interventions.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of fatalities (Fallecidos) by Departamento and Municipio for resource allocation.
• Join road segment data (ID_MT, COD) with other geospatial layers using Latitud and Longitud coordinates.
• Model temporal trends in fatal accidents (Fallecidos) across the 2015-2019 time range for policy evaluation.

Strengths

• Data covers a 5-year historical series from 2015 to 2019 for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes geospatial coordinates (Latitud, Longitud) and administrative codes (divipola) for mapping and joining.
• Road network is segmented into homogeneous units not exceeding 10 kilometers for granular analysis.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Defined from a geographic file of the national road network, with accident data filtered from SPOA and Medicina Legal databases.

Time Range

2015 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2025-12-19 23:31:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, specifically the national primary and secondary road network.