Traffic Accidents in Japan for January 2019

Traffic accident records for Japan during the month of January 2019. The dataset was published by the National Police Agency's Traffic Planning Division and is available in XLS format. It was last updated on the platform in May 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of accidents for a specific month (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Model accident risk factors based on available features (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Benchmark regional safety performance within Japan (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by an authoritative source: the National Police Agency (警察庁)
• Available in a structured, spreadsheet format (XLS)
• Last platform update recorded on 2023-05-23 22:52:46.035805

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from police reports.

Time Range

January 2019

Freshness

Data covers January 2019; platform metadata updated in 2023.

Geography

Japan