Casebook API

A small API is available for querying the casebook.

A list of all cycling fatalities can be obtained using the following endpoint:

Lists for individual years can be obtained by appending the year; for example:

This returns an array of incidents, each populated as follows:

id (integer): the incident id
url (string): the URL for the incident page in the casebook
fatalities (object[]): the cycling fatalities in the incident, each populated as follows:
- name (string): the person’s name (or “Unnamed man/woman/person” if unknown)
- sex (string): the person’s sex
- age (integer): the person’s age
type (string): a human-readable descriptor for the type of incident
hour (integer): the hour of the day [0-23]
minute (integer): the minute of the day [0-59]
day (integer): the day [0-31]
month (integer): the month [1-12]
year (integer): the year [2016-]
time (string): the time in friendly form
date (string): the date in friendly form
road_name (string): the name of the road on which the incident occurred
town (string): the name of the town in which the incident occurred
county (string): the name of the county in which the incident occurred
lat (float): the latitude of the incident location
lng (float): the longitude of the incident location
location_is_accurate (boolean): if false, the lat/lng values should be treated as approximations only
police_force (string): the name of the police force handling the incident