Traffic Accident Situation in Japan, May 2017

May 2017 traffic accident data from Japan, published by the National Police Agency's Traffic Bureau Planning Division. The dataset is available in XLS format and 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)
• Model risk factors 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 authoritative National Police Agency (警察庁) in Japan
• Last updated on the platform on 2023-05-23 22:59:23.486337

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 Bureau Planning Division (交通局交通企画課)

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from police reports

Time Range

May 2017

Freshness

Data from May 2017, last platform update May 2023

Geography

Japan (inferred from platform and author)