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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | National Fatality Analysis Reporting System |
| Alias | FARS |
| Data Collection Agency | National Highway Traffic Safety Commission; Illinois data |
| available through IDOT |
| Purpose | To provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help |
| identify traffic safety problems, to suggest solutions, and to help |
| provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness of |
| motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety programs. |
| Description | Circumstances surrounding all motor-vehicle-related crashes |
| in which a fatality occurred within 30 days of the crash. |
| Special Features | Motor vehicles and persons involved. Circumstances include |
| location, weather, type of road. Most comprehensive, |
| computerized national census of fatal motor-vehicle-related |
| crashes. Can get subset for lower jusrisdictions. Can be |
| querried on the Web. |
| Subject Age Range | All |
| E-Coding Included | No |
| Population or Sample | Population |
| Number of Cases |
| Geographic Area Covered | National and Illinois |
| Years Available | 1975-1998 |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 92 |