This is a Nigerian multi-modal road traffic crash (RTC) dataset curated from the Nigerian RTC corpus collected by Idakwo et al. (2025).
The dataset has 59 features across 3 modes as follows:
Mode 1: unstructured textual data in column
'content_clean'
Mode 2: structured numerical data in columns
'day_of_week', 'rtc_time', 'casualty', 'injured',
'no_vehicles', 'lost_control', 'OVL', 'headon_collision',
'rear_side_collision', 'avoid_collision', 'detached_container', 'SPV',
'BRD', 'WOT_DOT', 'OBS', 'BFL', 'TBT', 'slope', 'off_road',
'water_body', 'RTV', 'DGD', 'spillage', 'rain', 'poor_visibility',
'animals', 'non_inflammable_goods', 'inflammable_goods', 'fire',
'somersaulted', 'unregistered_vehicle', 'checkpoint', 'pedestrian',
'articulated', 'motorcycle', 'tricycle', 'car', 'bus', 'buildings',
'MDV', 'FTQ_SOS', 'UPWD', 'DAD', 'SLV', 'female', 'children', 'male',
'PWR', 'OTH', 'elderly', 'junction', 'fly over', 'bend', 'roundabout',
'turning', 'construction_zone'
Mode 3: multi-modal (fused Modes 1 and 2) data in columns
'new_fused_1_2'
The last column 'severity' is the target/class column.
Some of the abbreviated RTC causative factors and their meanings are:
‘SPV’ - speed violation;
‘UPWD’ - use of phone while driving;
‘TBT’ - tyre burst;
‘MDV’ - mechanically deficient vehicle;
‘BFL’ - brake failure;
‘OVL‘ - overloading;
‘WOT_DOT‘ - wrongful or dangerous overtaking;
‘DGD’ - dangerous driving;
‘BRD’ - bad road;
‘RTV’ - route violation;
‘OBS’ - road obstruction violation;
‘DAD’ - driving under alcohol/drug influence;
‘PWR’ - poor weather;
’FTQ_SOS’ - fatigue or sleeping on steering;
‘SLV’ - sign light violation; and
‘OTH’ - others (avoid collision and detached container).