nyc_motor_vehicle_collisions_crashes: Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes

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Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes

Description

Downloads Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes data from NYC Open Data.

Usage

nyc_motor_vehicle_collisions_crashes(
  limit = 10000,
  filters = list(),
  timeout_sec = 30
)

Arguments

limit	Number of rows to retrieve (default = 10,000).
filters	Optional list of field-value pairs to filter results.
timeout_sec	Request timeout in seconds (default = 30).

Details

The Motor Vehicle Collisions crash table contains details on the crash event. Each row represents a crash event. The Motor Vehicle Collisions data tables contain information from all police reported motor vehicle collisions in NYC. The police report (MV104-AN) is required to be filled out for collisions where someone is injured or killed, or where there is at least $1000 worth of damage (https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/ny_overlay_mv-104an_rev05_2004.pdf).

Value

A tibble containing Motor Vehicle Collisions - Crashes data.

Source

NYC Open Data: <https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Motor-Vehicle-Collisions-Crashes/h9gi-nx95/about_data>

Examples

# Examples that hit the live NYC Open Data API are wrapped so CRAN checks
# do not fail when the network is unavailable or slow.

if (curl::has_internet()) {
  # Quick example (fetch 2 rows)
  small_sample <- nyc_motor_vehicle_collisions_crashes(limit = 2)
  small_sample

  nyc_motor_vehicle_collisions_crashes(filters = list(borough = "BROOKLYN"))
}

nycOpenData documentation built on Jan. 26, 2026, 1:06 a.m.