2017 APD Traffic Fatalities
A dataset of traffic fatalities in Austin in 2017.
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA DISCLAIMER
The data provided are for informational use only and may differ from official APD crime data.
APD’s crime database is continuously updated, so reports run at different times may produce different results. Care should be taken when comparing against other reports as different data collection methods and different data sources may have been used.
The Austin Police Department does not assume any liability for any decision made or action taken or not taken by the recipient in reliance upon any information or data provided.
The Austin Police Department Fatality database contains only those crashes investigated by APD and is continuously being updated due to on-going investigations. The data provided here represents a snapshot of Traffic Fatality information at a specific point in time and may change. Due to the long processing times for toxicology testing, impairment and suspected impairment, statistics are based on the initial assessment of the Detectives and Medical Examiner.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspected Impairment | suspected_impairment | suspected_impairment | Text | |
| Date | date | date | Calendar date | |
| Related | related | related | Text | |
| Restraint helmet | restraint_helmet | restraint_helmet | Text | |
| Hour | hour | hour | Number | |
| Number of Fatalities | number_of_fatalities | number_of_fatalities | Number | |
| Type | type | type | Text | |
| Time | time | time | Text | |
| Speeding | speeding | speeding | Text | |
| Killed driver pass | killed_driver_pass | killed_driver_pass | Text | |
| Charge | charge | charge | Text | |
| Day | day | day | Text | |
| DL status incident | dl_status_incident | dl_status_incident | Text | |
| Month | month | month | Text | |
| Fatal crash number | fatal_crash_number | fatal_crash_number | Number | |
| Area | area | area | Text | |
| Y coord | y_coord | y_coord | Number | |
| X coord | x_coord | x_coord | Number | |
| Location | location | location | Text | |
| Case Number | case_number | case_number | Text | |
| Type of road | type_of_road | type_of_road | Text | |
| Ran red light or stop sign | ran_red_light_or_stop_sign | ran_red_light_or_stop_sign | Text | |
| Failure to stop and render aid | failure_to_stop_and_render_aid | failure_to_stop_and_render_aid | Text |