Traffic Tickets Issued: Four-Year Window of NYS Violations
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Description
Data extracted from records of tickets on file with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYS DMV). The dataset covers tickets issued for violations of the NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law, Thruway Rules, Tax Law, Transportation Law, Parks and Recreation Regulations, local New York City traffic ordinances, and NYS Penal Law related to motor vehicle crimes. Columns suggest detailed records including the violation charged, description, year, month, day of week, driver age, gender, state of license, police agency, and court.
Use Cases
Analyzing seasonal enforcement patterns using Violation Month and Violation Year.
Profiling driver demographics by violation type using Age at Violation, Gender, and State of License.
Mapping police agency activity and court jurisdictions using Police Agency and Court columns.
Investigating trends in specific violation codes and descriptions using Violation Charged Code and Violation Description.
Strengths
Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov indicates established public availability and importance.
The description specifies a wide scope of legal violations, from traffic infractions to serious motor vehicle crimes.
Column names provide specific demographic and administrative detail for granular analysis.
Limitations
Key metadata is missing or conflicting: row counts and dataset size are unknown, and the last updated date differs between sources (2026-04-11 vs 2025-11-10).
The description is identical across platforms but lacks documentation on data collection methodology or completeness.
The 'Four Year Window' temporal coverage mentioned in the title is not defined with specific start and end years in the provided metadata.
Provenance
Source
State of New York, NYS Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Collection Method
Extracted from records of tickets on file with NYS DMV.
Time Range
Likely covers a four-year window, but specific years are not stated.
Freshness
The most recent update noted is 2026-04-11 23:08:41.707332, though a conflicting date of 2025-11-10 18:05:42 also exists.
Geography
New York State, with potential inclusion of local New York City ordinances.
License information is not provided in the input metadata. The dataset includes violations of NYS Penal Law for serious crimes involving motor vehicles.