Traffic Accident Situation in Japan, December 2018

Traffic accident situation data for December 2018, published by the Japanese National Police Agency. The dataset was uploaded to the japan_data platform and last updated on May 16, 2023. The specific author is listed as the Traffic Planning Section of the Traffic Bureau.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly accident trends for seasonal safety campaigns (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Model risk factors for specific road types or times of day (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Benchmark regional safety performance against national averages (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative National Police Agency (警察庁) of Japan.
• Last updated on the platform on 2023-05-16 22:26:59.877367.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Row count, column definitions, and sample data are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a single month (December 2018); temporal coverage is narrow.

Provenance

Source

Police Agency (警察庁), Traffic Planning Section (交通局交通企画課)

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from police reports.

Time Range

December 2018

Freshness

Data covers December 2018; platform record updated May 2023.

Geography

Japan (inferred from platform and author)