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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | National Accident Sampling System -- General Estimates |
| System |
| Alias | NASSGES |
| Data Collection Agency | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Purpose | To provide estimates of national characteristics of |
| police-reported motor-vehicle-crashes - fatal and non-fatal. |
| Description | Motor-vehicle-related crashes that occur on a public trafficway |
| that were reported to the local police and then to a central state |
| agency to be used in compiling statewide data. |
| Special Features | Accident, vehicle/driver and person files. Data on age, sex, |
| injury severity, safety restraint use and alcohol/drug |
| involvement. Crash location, vehicle characteristics, |
| demographics, injury severity, other characteristics of persons |
| involved. |
| Subject Age Range | All |
| E-Coding Included | No |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases | 50,000 |
| Geographic Area Covered | National |
| Years Available | 1988-1998 |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 94 |