Vision Zero Crash Records

Vision Zero Boston is our commitment to focus the city’s resources on proven strategies to eliminate fatal and serious traffic crashes in the city by 2030. We are inspired by the belief that even one fatality is too many. Learn more about about the Vision Zero Boston program at http://visionzeroboston.org.

This dataset, provided as part of the Vision Zero Boston program, contains records of the date, time, location, and type of crash for incidents requiring public safety response which may involve injuries or fatalities. All records are compiled by the Department of Innovation and Technology from the City's Computer-Aided Dispatch (911) system and verified as having required a response from a public safety agency. To protect the privacy of individuals involved in these incidents, we do not indicate the severity of specific crashes or whether medical care was provided in any specific case.

Additional notes:

  • Each incident is included only once regardless of the number of individuals involved.
  • The date and time of an incident reflects when public safety response was dispatched to the location, not the crash itself.
  • Records are typically updated on a monthly basis, but because the verification process involves manual confirmation of incidents, exact posting schedules may vary.
  • Records may be updated after their initial posting if new information becomes available.

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Title Vision Zero Crash Records
Type Tabular
Description

Vision Zero Boston is our commitment to focus the city’s resources on proven strategies to eliminate fatal and serious traffic crashes in the city by 2030. We are inspired by the belief that even one fatality is too many. Learn more about about the Vision Zero Boston program at http://visionzeroboston.org.

This dataset, provided as part of the Vision Zero Boston program, contains records of the date, time, location, and type of crash for incidents requiring public safety response which may involve injuries or fatalities. All records are compiled by the Department of Innovation and Technology from the City's Computer-Aided Dispatch (911) system and verified as having required a response from a public safety agency. To protect the privacy of individuals involved in these incidents, we do not indicate the severity of specific crashes or whether medical care was provided in any specific case.

Additional notes:

  • Each incident is included only once regardless of the number of individuals involved.
  • The date and time of an incident reflects when public safety response was dispatched to the location, not the crash itself.
  • Records are typically updated on a monthly basis, but because the verification process involves manual confirmation of incidents, exact posting schedules may vary.
  • Records may be updated after their initial posting if new information becomes available.
Released 2018-05-01
Source Computer Aided Dispatch system (CAD)
Publisher Department of Innovation and Technology
Update frequency Monthly
Temporal from 2015-01-01
Temporal notes Updated on a monthly basis after manual verification of crash records.
Theme
  • Health
  • Public safety
  • Transportation
Location Boston (all)
Contact point Vision Zero Boston Program
Contact point email [email protected]
Contact point phone number 617-635-2462
License Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)