Data set and scripts - Influence of Festive Periods on Road Safety: Multidimensional Analysis (Road Accidents in Colombia 2017-2021)

This dataset comprises historical information about road accidents in Colombia from 2017 to 2021, titled 'Road Accidents 2017-2021', containing 18,600 records of accident events on roads managed by the National Roads Institute (INVÍAS, 2021). The dataset includes 41 descriptors and was last updated on July 15, 2022. It has been published under the Open Data initiative (Law 1712 of 2014 on Transparency and Access to National Public Information).

In addition to accident information, the dataset integrates a database with holiday dates and road identifiers, ensuring data coherence and quality for data analysis purposes. Statistical analysis is conducted through exploratory data analysis focusing on the years 2017 to 2021, utilizing Python (version 3.10) within the Jupyter Notebooks execution environment and specialized libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and Seaborn), due to their ease of application for this dataset. After data normalization, the dataset comprises 18,554 records, with 46 excluded due to inconsistent data formats.