Traffic accidents are one of the problems that generate the greatest impact in today's society.In Colombia, traffic accidents claim thousands of lives each year, a large number of injured and huge economic losses due to material damage.To find efficient solutions to mitigate this problem, it is necessary to have information that allows to recognize the characteristics, causes and results of accidents.Accident data provides a vision of the characteristics and conditions of traffic accidents in a city or region and helps to carry out studies and analyzes aimed at diagnosing the possible causes of accidents, in order to create and implement systems and regulations that help to minimize the degree of accidents and increase the degree of safety of a road system.This document is based on information regarding all traffic accidents registered by the authorities in the city of Barranquilla, department of Atlántico, in northern Colombia.The data collected covers a period of 5 consecutive years, beginning in January 2015 and ending in December 2019.The information corresponds to a collection of data from the websites of the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE).To obtain the accident statistics, the following variables were taken into consideration: the date of the accidents (hour, day, month and year), the number of injured and killed in accidents, the type of accidents and the severity of the accidents.Additionally, the behavior of four accident rate indicators determined from the information collected and consolidated is shown.According to the results obtained, it could be established that the mortality and fatality rates presented the highest values for the year 2016.