Washington State Traffic Crash Records

Crash data is provided by the Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Transportation, and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. The information is updated regularly and represents the best available data from these state agencies.

Use Cases

• Analyze collision patterns on Roads and Highways to identify high-risk locations.
• Study temporal trends in Crash frequency using the last updated timestamp for recency.
• Cross-reference data from the State of Washington with other transportation datasets using agency-provided identifiers.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last recorded update on 2024-09-20.
• Provided by three authoritative state agencies: Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Transportation, and Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
• Categorized with specific Tags like Crash, Roads, Highways, and Collisions for filtering.

Limitations

• Specific data structure is unknown, with Columns, Rows, and Sample data unavailable for review.
• Primary file format is HTML, which may not be optimal for direct analytical use and requires parsing.
• License is listed as 'notspecified', which may create uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.

Provenance

Source

Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

Collection Method

Collected and provided by state agencies.

Freshness

Updated regularly, last updated 2024-09-20.

Geography

Washington State, USA.