fars_2015: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2015.
In DocOfi/FARSread-Package: Package to Read and Manipulate FARS Data

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FARS contains data derived from the census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for the year 2015

fars_2015

A data frame with 32166 rows and 52 variables:

STATE: State number corresponding to a State in the USA
ST_CASE: This element identifies the unique case number assigned by the data entry system
VE_TOTAL: This element records all contact motor vehicles which the officer has reported on the Police Accident Report PAR as a unit involved in the crash
VE_FORMS: This data element is a count of the number of vehicles in- transport involved in the crash
PVH_INVL: Number of Parked or Working Vehicles Involved
PEDS: This element records the number of Persons Not a Motor Vehicle occupant
PERNOTMVIT: This data element is a count of the number of non-motorists in the crash.
PERMVIT: This data element is a count of the number of motorists in the crash
PERSONS: This data element is a count of the number of Person Level Motor Vehicle Occupant
COUNTY: This data element records the location of the unstabilized event with regard to the County.
CITY: This data element records the location of the unstabilized event with regard to the City
DAY: This data element records the day of the month on which the crash occurred
MONTH: This data element records the month in which the crash occurred
YEAR: This data element records the year in which the crash occurred
DAY_WEEK: This data element records the day of the week on which the crash occurred
HOUR: This data element records the hour at which the crash occurred
MINUTE: This data element records the minutes after the hour at which the crash occurred
NHS: This data element identifies whether this crash occurred on a trafficway that is part of the National Highway System
RUR_URB: This data element identifies whether this crash occurred on a rural or urban setting
FUNC_SYS: This data element identifies on what type of road this crash occurred
RD_OWNER: This data element identifies the ownership of the road
ROUTE: This data element identifies the route signing of the trafficway on which the crash occurred
TWAY_ID: This data element records the trafficway on which the crash occurred
TWAY_ID2: This data element records the trafficway on which the crash occurred 2004 - later
MILEPT: This data element records the milepoint nearest to the location where the crash
LATITUDE: This element identifies the location of the crash using Global Position coordinates. This is the position of latitude
LONGITUD: This element identifies the location of the crash using Global Position coordinates. This is the position of longitude
SP_JUR: This data element identifies if the location on the trafficway where the crash occurred qualifies as a Special Jurisdiction even though it may be patrolled by state, county or local police e.g., all State highways running through Indian reservations are under the jurisdiction of the Indian reservation
HARM_EV: This data element describes the first injury or damage producing event of the crash
MAN_COLL: This data element describes the orientation of two motor vehicles in-transport when they are involved in the First Harmful Event of a collision crash
RELJCT1: This data element identifies the crash's location with respect to presence in an interchange area
RELJCT2: This data element identifies the crash's location with respect to presence in or proximity to components typically in junction or interchange areas
TYP_INT: This data element identifies and allows separation of various intersection types
WRK_ZONE: This data element identifies a motor vehicle traffic crash in which the first harmful event occurs within the boundaries of a work zone or on an approach to or exit from a work zone, resulting from an activity, behavior, or control related to the movement of the traffic units through the work zone
REL_ROAD: This data element identifies the location of the crash as it relates to its position within or outside the trafficway based on the First Harmful Event
LGT_COND: This data element records the lighting condition when the crash occurred
WEATHER1: This data element records the prevailing atmospheric conditions that existed at the time of the crash as indicated in the case material
WEATHER2: This data element records the prevailing atmospheric conditions that existed at the time of the crash as indicated in the case material If more than two atmospheric conditions were reported, the two conditions that most affect visibility were selected
WEATHER: This data element records the prevailing atmospheric conditions that existed at the time of the crash as indicated in the case material. Accident.WEATHER is derived from the variables WEATHER1 and WEATHER2
SCH_BUS: This data element identifies if a school bus, or motor vehicle functioning as a school bus, is related to the crash
RAIL: This data element identifies if the crash occurred in or near a rail grade crossing
NOT_HOUR: This data element records the hour that emergency medical service was notified
NOT_MIN: This data element records the minutes after the hour that emergency medical service was notified
ARR_HOUR: This data element records the minutes after the hour that emergency medical service arrived on the crash scene
ARR_MIN: This data element records the minutes after the hour that emergency medical service arrived on the crash scene
HOSP_HR: This data element records the hour that emergency medical service arrived at the treatment facility to which it was transporting victims of the crash
HOSP_MN: This data element records the minutes after the hour that emergency medical service arrived at the treatment facility to which it was transporting victims of the crash
CF1: This data element records factors related to the crash expressed by the investigating officer
CF2: This data element records factors related to the crash expressed by the investigating officer, if there are more than one factor
CF3: This data element records factors related to the crash expressed by the investigating officer, if there are more than one factor
FATALS: This data element records the number of fatally injured persons in the crash
DRUNK_DR: This data element records the number of drunk drivers involved in the crash