Texas Traffic Fatality and Serious Injury Statewide Maps

Texas statewide map data visualizes traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The dataset, maintained by the City of Austin and last updated in September 2024, is sourced from the Texas Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Data Portal. It is tagged for identifying trends, patterns, and locations of fatal and serious injury crashes.

Use Cases

• Identify geographic patterns in traffic fatalities and serious injuries across Texas using map visualization data.
• Analyze trends in fatal and serious injury crash locations over time as indicated by the 'Trends' and 'Trend' tags.
• Locate areas with high concentrations of fatalities or serious injuries for targeted safety interventions using spatial data.

Strengths

• Data was last updated in September 2024, indicating recent maintenance.
• Covers the entire state of Texas, providing a broad geographic scope.
• Includes data on both fatal and serious injury outcomes from traffic incidents.

Limitations

• The dataset's underlying row count, column structure, and sample data are unavailable, limiting analytical planning.
• The specific data collection methodology and temporal coverage are not described.
• The license is listed as 'other-license-specified', requiring users to investigate terms before use.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Data Portal.

Freshness

Last updated on 2024-09-25.

Geography

Texas, statewide.