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Nashville Vehicular Incidents Data
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Details vehicular incidents reported across the Nashville, Tennessee area, providing a granular record for seven years, spanning January 2018 through to early April 2025. With over 216,000 traffic accidents catalogued, the data is highly valuable for researchers, public safety professionals, and analysts seeking to understand patterns, risk factors, and evolving trends in road incidents based on location, time, and environmental conditions.
Columns
The dataset contains 27 fields:
- Accident Number: The unique identifying number assigned to each reported incident.
- Date and Time: The precise date and time of the accident's occurrence.
- Number of Motor Vehicles: The count of vehicles involved in the crash.
- Number of Injuries: The total number of people who sustained injuries.
- Number of Fatalities: The total number of deaths resulting from the incident.
- Property Damage: A flag indicating whether property damage was reported.
- Hit and Run: Specifies if the accident involved a driver fleeing the scene.
- Collision Type Description: A textual description of the nature of the collision (e.g., ANGLE, Front to Rear).
- Weather Description: A text field describing the weather conditions at the time (e.g., CLEAR, RAIN).
- Illumination Description: Describes the lighting conditions during the crash (e.g., DAYLIGHT, DARK - LIGHTED).
- Street Address: The exact street name or location of the accident.
- City: The city within the Nashville area where the incident occurred.
- State: The state (Tennessee) where the incident occurred.
- Precinct: The specific police precinct that filed the report.
- Lat: The latitude coordinate of the location.
- Long: The longitude coordinate of the location.
- HarmfulCodes: Coded representation of specific harmful events or objects involved.
- HarmfulDescriptions: A textual description of the harmful event (e.g., MOTOR VEHICLE IN TRANSPORT).
- ObjectId: An internal GIS or system-generated identifier.
- Zip Code: The post code of the accident location.
- RPA: An internal reporting or administrative code.
- Weather: A numerical code for the weather condition.
- IlluACCIDEmination: A numerical code for the lighting condition.
- Collision Type: A numeric code for the type of collision.
- Reporting Officer: The badge or ID number of the officer who filed the report.
- x: The X-coordinate used in the projected spatial system (for GIS mapping).
- y: The Y-coordinate used in the projected spatial system (for GIS mapping).
Distribution
The data file is typically provided in CSV format and includes over 216,000 records across 27 columns. The file size is approximately 48.74 MB. The data is static, with an expected update frequency of Never.
Usage
This resource is ideally suited for:
- Traffic analysts aiming to model accident frequency and severity.
- Public safety researchers studying intervention effectiveness and high-risk zones.
- Urban planners evaluating infrastructure safety and necessary road improvements.
- Developing predictive models correlating accidents with time, location, and weather variables.
Coverage
The geographic scope focuses entirely on the Nashville, Tennessee, metropolitan area. The temporal scope is extensive, covering more than seven years, beginning in January 2018 and extending through to April 2025. Data availability is robust, providing specific identifiers such as City, Zip Code, Precinct, and precise geographic coordinates (Lat/Long) for location-based analysis.
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CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Intended users include data scientists building road safety risk models, traffic analysts performing hotspot identification, public safety researchers examining fatality and injury statistics, and urban planning departments assessing municipal safety needs.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Nashville Traffic Accidents: 2018–2025
- Nashville Vehicular Incidents Data
- Tennessee Accident Report Records
- 7 Years of Nashville Road Crash Data
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Original Data Source: Nashville Vehicular Incidents Data
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