Cary, NC Crash Data
Injuries, Fatalities, and Contributing Factors
@kaggle.thedevastator_cary_nc_crash_data_2015_2022
About this Dataset
Cary, NC Crash Data
Cary, NC Crash Data
Injuries, Fatalities, and Contributing Factors
By Town of Cary [source]
About this dataset
The Town of Cary Crash Database contains five years worth of detailed crash data up to the current date. Each incident is mapped based on National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) criteria, providing greater accuracy and access to all available crashes in the County.
This valuable resource is constantly being updated – every day fresh data is added and older records are subject to change. The locations featured in this dataset reflect approximate points of intersection or impact. In cases when essential detail elements are missing or rendered unmapable, certain crash incidents may not appear on maps within this source.
We invite you to explore how crashes have influenced the Town of Cary over the past five years – from changes in weather conditions and traffic controls to vehicular types, contributing factors, travel zones and more! Whether it's analyzing road design elements or assessing fatality rates – come take a deeper look at what has shaped modern day policies for safe driving today!
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How to use the dataset
- Understanding Data Elements – The first step in using this dataset is understanding what information is included in it. The data elements include location descriptions, road features, character traits of roads and more that are associated with each crash. Additionally, the data provides details about contributing factors, light conditions, weather conditions and more that can be used to understand why certain crashes happen in certain locations or under certain circumstances.
Research Ideas
- Analyzing trends in crash locations to better understand where crashes are more likely to occur. For example, using machine learning techniques and geographical mapping tools to identify patterns in the data that could enable prediction of future hotspots of crashes.
- Investigating the correlations between roadway characteristics (e.g., surface, configuration and class) and accident severities in order to recommend improvements or additional preventative measures at certain intersections or road segments which may help reduce crash-related fatalities/injuries.
- Using data from various contributing factors (e.g., traffic control, weather conditions, work area) as an input for a predictive model for analyzing the risk factors associated with different types of crashes such as head-on collisions, rear-end collisions or side swipe accidents so that safety alerts can be issued for public awareness campaigns during specific times/days/conditions where such incidents have been known to occur more often or have increased severity repercussions than usual (i.e., near schools during school days)
Acknowledgements
If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
Data Source
License
License: Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0
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Columns
File: crash-data-3.csv
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
| type | The type of crash, such as single-vehicle, multi-vehicle, or pedestrian. (String) |
| features | The features of the crash, such as location, contributing factors, vehicle types, and more. (String) |
File: crash-data-1.csv
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
| location_description | Describes the location of the crash. (Text) |
| rdfeature | Describes the type of road feature involved in the crash. (Text) |
| rdcharacter | Describes the character of the road involved in the crash. (Text) |
| rdclass | Describes the class of the road involved in the crash. (Text) |
| rdconfigur | Describes the configuration of the road involved in the crash. (Text) |
| rdsurface | Describes the surface of the road involved in the crash. (Text) |
| rdcondition | Describes the condition of the road involved in the crash. (Text) |
| lightcond | Describes the light conditions at the time of the crash. (Text) |
| weather | Describes the weather conditions at the time of the crash. (Text) |
| trafcontrl | Describes the traffic control measures taken at the time of the crash. (Text) |
| lat | Describes the latitude coordinate of the crash. (Numerical) |
| lon | Describes the longitude coordinate of the crash. (Numerical) |
| lon2 | Describes the second longitude coordinate of the crash. (Numerical) |
| lat2 | Describes the second latitude coordinate of the crash. (Numerical) |
| tract | Describes the census tract of the crash. (Text) |
| zone | Describes the zone of the crash. (Text) |
| fatality | Describes the number of fatalities in the crash. (Numerical) |
| possblinj | Describes the number of possible injuries in the crash. (Numerical) |
| numpassengers | Describes the number of passengers in the crash. (Numerical) |
| numpedestrians | Describes the number of pedestrians in the crash. (Numerical) |
| contrcir1_desc | Describes the first contributing factor to the crash. (Text) |
| contrcir2_desc | Describes the second contributing factor to the crash. (Text) |
| contrcir3_desc | Describes the third contributing factor to the crash. (Text) |
| contrfact2 | Describes the second contributing factor to the crash. (Text) |
| contributing_factor | Describes the contributing factor to the crash. (Text) |
| vehicleconcat1 | Describes the first vehicle involved in the crash. (Text) |
Acknowledgements
If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Town of Cary.