Traffic collisions - people and vehicles involved

Police Updated May 17, 2026

About this dataset

Traffic collision reports recorded by the San Diego Police Department with additional details on people and vehicles involved.

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File name	Download actions	File Format	File size
Traffic collisions details (2015 through year-to-date)	Download Copy URL	CSV	32.31 MB
person_veh_type dictionary	Download Copy URL	CSV	1.95 KB

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Field	Sample Value
date_time	2020-09-23 01:43:00
person_role	PASSENGER
person_injury_lvl	FATAL
person_veh_type	Passenger Car, Station Wagon, Jeep
veh_type	AUTOMOBILE
veh_make	MERCEDES-BENZ
veh_model	500 SERIES
police_beat	437
address_no_primary	6000
address_pd_primary
address_road_primary	PARADISE VALLEY
address_sfx_primary	ROAD
address_pd_intersecting
address_name_intersecting
address_sfx_intersecting
violation_section	23152(G)
violation_type	VC
charge_desc	DUI ALCOHOL/DRUG (M)
injured	4
killed	1
hit_run_lvl	FELONY

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Data Dictionary

Data dictionary - field definitions for this dataset
field	description	possible_values
report_id	Collision report number
date_time	Date/time of collision
person_role	Description of person's role in the collision	BICYCLIST, DRIVER, OTHER, PARKED VEHICLE OCCUPANT, PASSENGER, PEDESTRIAN
person_injury_lvl	Description of person's level of injury	FATAL, NULL, PAIN, SEVERE, VISABLE
person_veh_type	Description of type of vehicle (categories defined by CHP) **	see list linked at https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/police-collisions-details/
veh_type	Description of type of vehicle **	AUTOMOBILE, BICYCLE, FARM EQUIPMENT, LIGHT DUTY TRUCK, MOTORCYCLE, NULL, TRAILER, TRUCK, UNLISTED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
veh_make	Make of the vehicle
veh_model	Model of the vehicle
police_beat	San Diego Police beat	see list linked at https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/police-beats/
address_no_primary	Street number of collision location, abstracted to block level
address_pd_primary	Direction of street in location
address_road_primary	Name of street
address_sfx_primary	Street type
address_pd_intersecting	Direction of cross street, if collision at intersection
address_name_intersecting	Street name, if collision at intersection
address_sfx_intersecting	Street type, if collision at intersection
violation_section	Violation section for primary collision factor
violation_type	Violation type for primary collision factor
charge_desc	Violation section description for primary collision factor
injured	Number of people injured in collision
killed	Number of people killed in collision
hit_run_lvl	Level of violation, if collision was a hit & run	Felony or Misdemeanor (Null if not a hit & run)

PublisherPolice
Last Updated May 17, 2026
Update Frequency
Date Issued Aug 12, 2020
Available Formats .CSV
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