Waze Traffic Scraper | Real-Time Traffic Alerts & Jams API

Scrape real-time traffic alerts and jams from Waze by geographic area. Get accidents, hazards, road blocks, police reports, and traffic jam data with location, severity, reliability, and confidence scores. The best Waze traffic data scraper for route planning, traffic monitoring, and fleet management.

❓ What is Waze Traffic Scraper?

Waze Traffic Scraper is a powerful Apify actor that lets you scrape real-time traffic data from Waze for any geographic area in the world. Whether you're monitoring traffic conditions, planning routes, or analyzing traffic patterns — this actor gives you structured, exportable data from the world's largest community-driven navigation app.

With this Waze Traffic Scraper actor, you can:

• 🚨 Get real-time alerts — Accidents, hazards, road blocks, police reports, and more
• 🚧 Get traffic jams — Real-time traffic jam data with severity and location
• 📍 Search by bounding box — Define a rectangular geographic area with bottom-left and top-right coordinates
• 📍 Search by center + radius — Define a circular area with center point and radius (KM or MI)
• 🎛️ Filter by alert type — Only get specific alert types like HAZARD, ACCIDENT, POLICE
• 📊 Export structured data — Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and RSS formats

🎯 What Data Can You Extract?

This Waze Traffic Scraper actor extracts the following data for each alert and jam:

Field	Description
alert_id	Unique identifier for the alert
type	Alert type (HAZARD, ACCIDENT, POLICE, etc.)
subtype	Alert subtype for more detail
reported_by	Who reported the alert
description	Human-readable description of the alert
image	Image URL if available
publish_datetime_utc	When the alert was published (UTC)
country	Country code
city	City name
street	Street name
latitude	GPS latitude
longitude	GPS longitude
num_thumbs_up	Number of thumbs up from Waze users
alert_reliability	Reliability score of the alert
alert_confidence	Confidence score of the alert
near_by	Nearby location description
comments	User comments on the alert
num_comments	Number of comments
data_type	Whether this record is an "alert" or "jam"

🚨 Supported Alert Types

Type	Description
🚗 ACCIDENT	Traffic accidents
⚠️ HAZARD	Road hazards (objects, potholes, etc.)
🚧 ROAD_CLOSED	Road blocks and closures
🚔 POLICE	Police presence
🚧 JAM	Traffic jams and congestion
🏗️ CONSTRUCTION	Road construction

🚀 How to Use Waze Traffic Scraper

Step 1: Define the Search Area

Choose one of two methods:

Option A: Bounding Box — Specify bottom-left and top-right corners of a rectangle:

• bottom_left: "51.400,-0.300"
• top_right: "51.600,0.100"

Option B: Center + Radius — Specify a center point and radius:

• center: "51.5074,-0.1278"
• radius: "5"
• radius_units: "KM" or "MI"

Step 2: Configure Filters (Optional)

Input	Type	Required	Default	Description
bottom_left	String	Conditional	51.400,-0.300	Bottom-left lat,lng (required if no center)
top_right	String	Conditional	51.600,0.100	Top-right lat,lng (required if no center)
center	String	Conditional	—	Center lat,lng (required if no bbox)
radius	String	Conditional	—	Radius from center
radius_units	String	❌ No	KM	KM or MI
max_alerts	Integer	❌ No	20	Max alerts to fetch (0 = skip)
max_jams	Integer	❌ No	20	Max jams to fetch (0 = skip)
alert_types	Array	❌ No	[]	Select one or more types: ["HAZARD", "ACCIDENT", "POLICE"]
alert_subtypes	String	❌ No	—	Comma-separated alert subtypes

Step 3: Run and Download Results

Click Start to run the Waze Traffic Scraper. Results are available in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and RSS formats.

📋 Example Input (Bounding Box)

{
  "bottom_left": "51.400,-0.300",
  "top_right": "51.600,0.100",
  "max_alerts": 20,
  "max_jams": 20
}

📋 Example Input (Center + Radius)

{
  "center": "51.5074,-0.1278",
  "radius": "10",
  "radius_units": "KM",
  "max_alerts": 50,
  "max_jams": 50
}

📋 Example Output

{
  "alert_id": "160673696",
  "type": "HAZARD",
  "subtype": null,
  "reported_by": "London Transport",
  "description": "OCCUPANCY OF ROADWAY AS STIPULATED",
  "image": null,
  "publish_datetime_utc": "2025-02-14T05:00:00.000Z",
  "country": "GB",
  "city": "London",
  "street": "Piccadilly",
  "latitude": 51.5074,
  "longitude": -0.1278,
  "num_thumbs_up": 3,
  "alert_reliability": 9,
  "alert_confidence": 1,
  "near_by": null,
  "comments": [],
  "num_comments": 0,
  "data_type": "alert",
  "search_bottom_left": "51.400,-0.300",
  "search_top_right": "51.600,0.100"
}

🎨 Dataset Views

The Waze Traffic Scraper actor provides 2 organized dataset views for easy analysis:

View	Description
🚨 Alerts & Jams Overview	Type, subtype, city, street, description, and coordinates for quick scanning
📋 Full Details	Complete data with reliability, confidence, comments, images, and search parameters

💡 Use Cases for Waze Traffic Scraper

• Traffic Monitoring — Monitor real-time traffic conditions in any area
• Route Planning — Check road conditions before planning a route
• Fleet Management — Track traffic alerts along fleet routes
• Smart City Analytics — Analyze traffic patterns and incident hotspots
• News & Journalism — Get real-time accident and incident data for reporting
• Insurance Analytics — Analyze accident frequency and patterns by area
• Urban Planning — Study traffic flow and congestion patterns
• Emergency Response — Monitor road closures and hazard reports
• Transportation Research — Collect traffic data for academic studies
• Logistics Optimization — Avoid jams and road closures for delivery routes

🔧 Tips for Best Results

1. Start with a small area — Begin with a neighborhood-sized bounding box and expand as needed
2. Use center + radius for circular areas — Ideal for monitoring around a specific point
3. Set max_alerts and max_jams — Control how much data you get per request
4. Filter by alert type — Use alert_types to only get relevant data (e.g., only accidents)
5. Export in your preferred format — Download traffic data in JSON, CSV, or Excel

🏷️ Tags

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📞 Support

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Happy scraping! 🚗✨