Washington DC Crash Analysis · DC Open Data · 2022–2024

Crashes, Wards & Dangerous Crossings

Where, when, and why traffic crashes happen across 8 wards in Washington DC — built from DC Open Data crash records.

20,247
Reported crashes (metro, 2024)
49
Traffic fatalities (metro, 2024)
880
Pedestrian crashes (metro, 2024)
3.0%
Speed-related rate (metro, 2024)
01 — Crash Map

Where It Happens

Search an address, filter by crash type, compare years, or enter your commute to see every crash hotspot along your route.

Washington DC Crash Map
62 intersections · 8 wards · DC Open Data 2022–2024
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02 — Look Up Your Street

How Safe Is Your Area?

Search any address or intersection to see a crash summary for that location. DC Open Data 2022–2024.

RADIUS
03 — Dangerous Intersections

The Top 10 Crash Sites

Ranked by total crash volume across Washington DC. Freeway interchanges dominate due to high traffic volumes — use the Per Vehicle toggle to normalize by traffic count.

Top 10 Crash Intersections — All Metro
DC Open Data 2022–2024 · 62 locations tracked
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04 — Ward Overview

Crash Rates Across the Metro

How each ward in Washington DC compares on total crashes, fatalities, and behavioral factors.

Ward Comparison
All wards · DC Open Data 2024
Overview
WardCrashesFatalDUISpeedPed
Crashes Per 1,000 Residents
Population-adjusted crash rate · DC Open Data 2024
05 — When It Happens

The Calendar of Risk

Crash patterns by hour, day of week, and month across the metro.

Crashes by Hour
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
Crashes by Day of Week
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
Crashes by Month
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
Weekday vs Weekend by Hour
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
06 — Year Over Year

Is the Metro Getting Safer?

Three years of DC Open Data records show how crashes, fatalities, and behavioral factors are trending across Washington DC.

Total Crashes
Metro-wide · DC Open Data 2022–2024
Fatalities & Pedestrian Crashes
Metro-wide · DC Open Data 2022–2024
DUI Crashes
2022–2024
Speed-Related
2022–2024
07 — Severity

How Bad Are the Crashes?

49 people died on Washington DC roads in 2024. The severity breakdown tells us how crashes distribute between fatal, serious, minor, and property-damage-only.

Severity Distribution
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
Fatalities by Ward
DC Open Data 2024
Fatal
Crash Type Breakdown
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
Contributing Factors
All Metro · DC Open Data 2024
08 — Impaired Driving

DUI Crashes Across the Metro

349 crashes in 2024 involved an impaired driver — 1.7% of the total. DC’s impairment rate is among the highest on the platform, reflecting the city’s nightlife-heavy corridors.

DUI Rate by Hour
% of crashes involving DUI · All Metro
DUI by Ward
Total DUI crashes · DC Open Data 2024
09 — Speed

Speed Kills Disproportionately

3.0% of crashes involved speeding. Ward 7 has the highest rate at 4.2%.

Speed Rate by Hour
% of crashes involving speed · All Metro
Speed's Share of Fatalities
By ward · DC Open Data 2024
Fatal
11 — Pedestrians & Cyclists

The Most Vulnerable on Metro Streets

880 pedestrian crashes and 605 cyclist crashes across the metro in 2024.

Pedestrian Crashes by Ward
DC Open Data · DC Open Data 2024
880 pedestrian crashes in 2024. Ward 2 accounts for 191 — 22% of the metro total despite having 13% of the population.
12 — Vision Zero DC

Vision Zero DC: Progress Toward Zero

Washington DC adopted Vision Zero DC in 2015, setting a target of 0 traffic fatalities by 2024. The baseline was 27 fatalities in 2015.

Fatalities: Goal vs. Actual
2022–2024
13 — Sources

Where This Data Comes From

DC Open Data / DCGIS
Crash locations from the Metropolitan Police Department via DCGIS ArcGIS MapServer. 20,247 records for 2024.

DC Open Data →
Vision Zero DC
DC’s Vision Zero initiative, adopted in 2015. Focus on pedestrian and cyclist safety in the densest urban core on the platform.

Vision Zero DC →
DDOT Safety
District Department of Transportation safety data, crash maps, and traffic calming projects.

DDOT Safety →
14 — Methodology

How I Built This

Data pipeline: Crash records queried from DCGIS ArcGIS REST API (MapServer layer 24), paginated at 1,000 records per call. 20,247 records for 2024. Coordinates are native WGS84.
Ward assignment: DC data includes a WARD field directly (Ward 1 through Ward 8). Records without a ward or coordinates are excluded.
Behavioral flags: DRIVERSIMPAIRED and SPEEDING_INVOLVED are pre-computed integer fields. Pedestrian and cyclist involvement from TOTAL_PEDESTRIANS and TOTAL_BICYCLES counts. Hit-and-run data is not available in this dataset. Injury severity uses KABCO breakdown by role (driver, pedestrian, bicyclist, passenger).