Traffic Accident Situation in Japan, March 2017

Traffic accident data for Japan, specifically for the month of March 2017. The dataset was published by the National Police Agency's Traffic Planning Division. It was last updated on the japan_data platform in May 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of traffic incidents for a specific month (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Identify high-risk locations or conditions for road safety initiatives (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Benchmark monthly accident statistics for policy evaluation (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by the National Police Agency (警察庁), an authoritative source for public safety data.
• Last updated on the platform on 2023-05-15 22:31:43.689541.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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)

Time Range

March 2017

Freshness

Data is from March 2017, with a platform metadata update in May 2023.

Geography

Japan