More than 17,000 records from the İzmir Traffic Center show a clear pattern: reports repeatedly concentrate on the same major streets and around weekday travel hours. The data cannot explain every cause, but it can show where pressure persists and when it peaks.
Corridors that stay near the top
Yeşildere and Anadolu remain among the streets with the most recorded incidents across multiple years.
Yeşildere Caddesi recorded 956 incidents in 2022 and 611 in 2024. Anadolu Caddesi also remained near the top. Their repeated position marks them as priorities for closer street-level analysis, though this dataset alone does not identify the design or behavior behind each report.
Minor collisions and breakdowns dominate
Mechanical breakdowns and property-damage collisions account for much of the recorded volume.
In 2023, the data includes 2,301 vehicle breakdowns (Arızalı) and 2,903 property-damage collisions (Maddi Hasarlı). It also contains 30 records in the source category Ölümlü. The labels describe how incidents were logged; they should not be read as a complete casualty count.
The Friday rush-hour peak
Reports cluster around weekday travel hours, with Friday evening standing out.
Reports rise around the morning and evening commute. Friday between 17:00 and 19:00 is the busiest block in the heatmap. The pattern helps identify when traffic management and emergency response may face the most pressure; it does not show why each incident occurred.
Yeşildere Caddesi
What the records show
Three findings hold across the views:
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A small group of streets repeatedly carries the highest counts. Yeşildere, Anadolu, Mürselpaşa, and Akçay remain near the top across multiple years.
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Breakdowns and property-damage collisions make up much of the volume. Serious crashes matter most for safety, but routine incidents shape day-to-day disruption.
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Timing matters. Weekday commute periods—and Friday evening in particular—deserve closer operational attention.
Data source: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Open Data Portal
