The Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) gathers data on the most severe traffic accidents that occur each year--those that result in loss of human life. As such, it supplies information to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation that is invaluable to NHTSA in its ongoing efforts to reduce the number of traffic accidents and the losses that result from them. Analysis of such data is an essential precondition of several NHTSA functions intended to effect these reductions: evaluation of existing and proposed highway and motor vehicle safety standards, identification of problem areas, establishment of better safety systems, and generation of improved standards and remedial measures.


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    Title :

    Fatal Accident Reporting System, 1981: An Overview of U.S. Traffic Fatal Accident and Fatality Data Collected in FARS for the Year 1981


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    96 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English