Monthly HELP (Highway Emergency Local Patrol) Assists: Beginning 2010
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 5 Jun 2024The HELP (Highway Emergency Local Patrol) file provides the number of motorists assisted by month, by region, in vehicles traveling on over 1,450 miles of limited access interstate roadways, parkways, and expressways on Long Island, in New York City, the Lower Hudson Valley, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, and the Albany Capital District.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | Data year | 2021 2018 2017 2016 2010 view top 100 |
| Month | month | text | Data month | May February January March September view top 100 |
| Albany Capital District | albany_capital_district | number | Number of HELP assists in the Albany Capital Region | 328 307 100 330 355 view top 100 |
| Syracuse | syracuse | number | Number of HELP assists in the Syracuse Region (beginning December 2017) | 202 85 147 99 121 view top 100 |
| Rochester | rochester | number | Number of HELP assists in the Rochester Region | 327 352 354 337 282 view top 100 |
| Buffalo | buffalo | number | Number of HELP assists in the Buffalo Region | 142 128 123 124 100 view top 100 |
| Lower Hudson Valley | lower_hudson_valley | number | Number of HELP assists in the Lower Hudson Valley Region | 1801 1883 2072 2262 1998 view top 100 |
| Long Island | long_island | number | Number of HELP assists in the Long Island Region | 1504 2805 1939 1760 1622 view top 100 |
| New York City | new_york_city | number | Number of HELP assists in the New York City Region | 342 380 351 503 347 view top 100 |
| Total Assists | total_assists | number | Total number of HELP assists for the Month | 4989 5763 5003 4693 5260 view top 100 |