National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD): Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2014-Present Datasets

The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) dataset is 2014-Present and from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and part of U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS') National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This current dataset is for FARS 2017 data. The FARS dataset includes 1 geospatial file and 25 tabular files. One of the primary objectives of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is to reduce the staggering human toll and property damage that motor vehicle traffic crashes impose on our society. FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle crashes with a set of data files documenting all qualifying fatalities that occurred within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico since 1975. To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a traffic way customarily open to the public, and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash. This data file contains information about crash characteristics and environmental conditions at the time of the crash. There is one record per crash. On the NHTSA website, raw FARS data are made available to the public in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) data files as well as comma-separated values (CSV) files. Current and past raw FARS data are available at: ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/fars/. The FARS/CRSS Coding and Validation Manual contains a detailed description of each data element including coding instructions and attribute definitions. The Coding Manual is published for each year of data collection; current and past manuals are available at: https://doi.org/10.21949/1520850.死亡事故分析报告系统（Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS）数据集的时间范围为2014年至今，由国家公路交通安全管理局（National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA）发布，隶属于美国运输部（U.S. Department of Transportation, USDOT）与运输统计局（Bureau of Transportation Statistics, BTS）的国家交通地图集数据库（National Transportation Atlas Database, NTAD）。本次提供的数据集为2017年版FARS数据。 FARS数据集包含1个地理空间文件与25个表格文件。国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）的核心目标之一，是减轻机动车道路交通事故给社会带来的惨重人员伤亡与财产损失。FARS是针对致命机动车交通事故的普查数据集，其包含一系列数据文件，记录了自1975年以来，在美国50个州、哥伦比亚特区及波多黎各境内发生的所有符合收录标准的致死事故。若某事故被纳入FARS数据集，则需满足以下条件：事故涉及在常规对公众开放的道路上行驶的机动车，且事故发生后30天内造成了机动车驾驶员或非驾车人员的死亡。本数据集文件包含事故发生时的事故特征与环境条件相关信息，每起事故对应一条记录。 在NHTSA官方网站上，FARS原始数据以统计分析系统（Statistical Analysis System, SAS）数据文件与逗号分隔值（Comma-Separated Values, CSV）文件格式向公众开放。公众可通过以下链接获取最新及历史版本的FARS原始数据：ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/fars/。 《FARS/CRSS编码与验证手册》包含了各数据元素的详细说明，包括编码规则与属性定义。该编码手册每年随数据采集工作同步发布，最新及历史版本的手册可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.21949/1520850。

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背景概述

该数据集是美国国家运输地图数据库（NTAD）的一部分，专注于2014年至今的致命事故分析报告系统（FARS）数据，由美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）管理。它包含1个地理空间文件和25个表格文件，详细记录了自1975年以来美国50个州、哥伦比亚特区和波多黎各的致命机动车事故，涵盖事故特征和环境条件，旨在通过数据收集和分析减少交通事故造成的人员伤亡和财产损失。数据以标准化格式（如SAS和CSV）公开，并配有详细的编码手册，适用于交通安全研究和政策制定。