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Southeast Asian Motorcycle Traffic Image Dataset

Dense, real-world motorbike traffic from the streets of Vietnam, captured by people on the ground, not simulated.

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On request: this dataset is collected to your specification after you order. Typically 2–4 weeks for 1,000–2,000 images, depending on scene requirements.

Pricing

Fixed prices for standard bundles, collected to your spec. Pick a package and a license to see the exact total, or ask for a custom quote.

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Images5002,000Any quantity
Metadata and topic labels✓Included✓Included✓Included
Human-written captions–Not included✓IncludedOptional
Boxes, masks, transcriptions–Not included–Not includedOptional
Datasheet, license, checksums✓Included✓Included✓Included
Research license$490$0.98 / image$1,490$0.75 / imageQuote
Commercial license$1,250$2.50 / image$3,900$1.95 / imageQuote
Exclusive license$4,900$9.80 / image$14,900$7.45 / imageQuote

How ordering works

  1. 1Choose a package and license, then pay a 50% deposit at checkout.
  2. 2Within 48 hours we confirm the spec and send 10–20 sample photos before full collection.
  3. 3We collect and deliver in parts so you can review early. Typically 2–4 weeks for 1,000–2,000 images, depending on scene requirements.
  4. 4Pay the balance and download the final bundle.

Custom quote

Need another quantity, an Enterprise license or annotations for this topic? Available here:

  • Topic labels
  • Human-written captions
  • Bounding boxes (motorbike, car, bus, truck, bicycle, pedestrian)
Request a custom quote →

Overview

Most public driving datasets are recorded in Europe, North America or China, where cars dominate the road. In Vietnam and much of Southeast Asia, motorbikes outnumber cars many times over, weave through intersections in dense clusters, carry passengers and cargo, and share the road with street vendors and pedestrians.

This dataset captures that reality with smartphone photos taken at street level: rush hour, rain, night, intersections, roundabouts, alleys and market streets. Every image is shot by a person, reviewed by a person and processed to remove personal data before delivery.

Sample photos

Real photos from this topic, shown at reduced resolution. Full-resolution samples are emailed on request.

  • Dense morning traffic in central Ho Chi Minh City: motorbikes and an SUV waiting at a junction between office towers
  • Street between high-rise apartment towers at dusk, seen from a car's driver seat, with parked cars and a passing motorbike
  • Evening street with motorbikes passing parked scooters outside shops and a hotel, under street lights and power lines
  • Two-lane rural road at a red traffic light with motorbikes and cars, rice fields on both sides under cloudy sky

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Technical specifications

Capture device
Modern smartphones (device model recorded per image in EXIF)
File format
JPEG (original HEIC/RAW on request)
Resolution
Native sensor resolution, typically 12 MP or higher
Scenes
Intersections, main roads, alleys, markets, bridges; day, night and rain
Location
Vietnam (city recorded at city level only)
Metadata
metadata.jsonl with device, exposure, timestamp, dimensions, topic labels
Privacy processing
Faces and license plates blurred, GPS removed
License
Research, Commercial, Enterprise or Exclusive

Use cases

  • Two-wheeler detection

    Train or fine-tune object detectors (YOLO, DETR, RT-DETR) on dense scenes where motorbikes overlap and occlude each other.

  • ADAS & autonomous driving

    Close the domain gap for driver-assistance systems that must operate in motorbike-heavy Southeast Asian traffic.

  • Smart city analytics

    Traffic counting, congestion analysis and helmet-usage studies from camera networks.

  • Vision-language models

    Add human-written captions describing traffic situations to train or evaluate VLMs on underrepresented regions.

How this data is collected

  1. 1Captured on a smartphone by a person
  2. 2Duplicates and near-duplicates removed
  3. 3Blurry and broken images filtered out
  4. 4Faces and license plates detected and blurred
  5. 5Every image reviewed by a person
  6. 6GPS stripped; device EXIF kept
  7. 7Labels, captions and metadata.jsonl generated
  8. 8Datasheet and license packaged with the delivery
Read our full process →

Provenance & legal

  • 100% captured by people: no scraping, no generative AI
  • Datasheet documenting collection, processing and limitations
  • Commercial license that lets you keep models trained on the data
  • Supports training-data documentation under the EU AI Act
Licensing options →

Topic-specific notes

  • • All license plates and identifiable faces are blurred automatically and then checked by a person.
  • • No photos are taken in restricted areas such as military zones, airports or government facilities.
  • • Children are excluded from the dataset entirely.

Example metadata record

One line of metadata.jsonl per image. Fields vary with the annotation options you choose; values shown are illustrative.

{
  "id": "mts-000142",
  "file": "images/mts-000142.jpg",
  "topic": "motorcycle-traffic",
  "scene": "intersection",
  "conditions": [
    "daylight",
    "dense-traffic"
  ],
  "captured_at": "2026-09-14T08:12:31+07:00",
  "city": "Hanoi, VN",
  "device": {
    "make": "Apple",
    "model": "iPhone 15 Pro"
  },
  "exposure": {
    "iso": 80,
    "shutter": "1/1200",
    "focal_length_mm": 6.8
  },
  "width": 4032,
  "height": 3024,
  "privacy": {
    "faces_blurred": 3,
    "plates_blurred": 11,
    "gps_removed": true
  },
  "caption_en": "Morning rush hour at a four-way intersection with dozens of motorbikes waiting at a red light."
}

Each delivery contains:

motorcycle-traffic-southeast-asia-v1/
├── images/
├── metadata.jsonl
├── DATASHEET.md
├── LICENSE.pdf
└── checksums.sha256

Frequently asked questions

Are the license plates and faces visible?

No. Plates and identifiable faces are blurred before delivery. The blur is applied automatically and every image is then reviewed by a person.

Can you collect specific scenes, such as night rain or a particular city?

Yes. Describe the scenes, conditions and quantity you need in a request and we will reply with matching sample photos and a quote.

Do you provide bounding-box annotations?

Bounding boxes can be added on request. Tell us the class list you need and we will include it in the quote.

Is this data synthetic or generated?

No. Every image is an original smartphone photo taken by a person. No generative AI is used to create or alter image content.

How does payment work for a bundle?

You pay a 50% deposit at checkout and the balance when we deliver the final bundle. Free sample photos are available above before you order, and the deposit is refunded in full if we cannot deliver the agreed spec.

Why is a bundle so much cheaper per image than a single image?

A bundle is planned and collected as one job, so capture, review and privacy processing cost far less per photo. Single images are priced for buyers who need just a few specific photos.

What is the difference between non-exclusive and Exclusive?

With Research or Commercial we may license the photos collected for your order to other buyers later. With Exclusive they are never licensed to anyone else or added to our catalog.

Can I order a different quantity or extra annotations?

Yes. Request a custom quote with the quantity, annotations and deadline you need. Prices per image fall as quantity grows.

Need a variation?

Different angles, lighting, locations, quantity or labels? Describe it and we reply within 48 hours with matching samples and a quote.

Request a quote →

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