Traffic Accident Situation in Japan, July 2016

July 2016 traffic accident data from Japan, published by the National Police Agency (警察庁). The dataset was authored by the Traffic Planning Section of the Traffic Bureau (交通局交通企画課) and is available in XLS format. The record was last updated on the platform in May 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal and spatial patterns of traffic accidents (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Build models to predict high-risk locations or times (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Evaluate the effectiveness of road safety policies for a specific month (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by the National Police Agency (警察庁), an authoritative source.
• Available in a structured XLS format.
• Record metadata was updated on 2023-05-19 22:58:52.581076.

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 size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National 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

July 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2023-05-19 22:58:52.581076; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan