In rafaelcb/FARS: Read in and explore FARS data

Introduction to the FARS data

The FARS package provides functionality to read into R and explore data downloaded from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). According to the FARS website

Detailing the Factors Behind Traffic Fatalities on our Roads - FARS is a nationwide census providing NHTSA, Congress and the American public yearly data regarding fatal injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

Raw data is available from 1975 onwards. The dataset includes fatal crash data for the following:

• Motor vehicles
• Motorcyclists
• Nonmotorists
• Total fatalities

The FARS package

library(FARS)
library(dplyr)

The FARS package provides functionality to explore the raw data from the website. In particular, the following three functions can be used to read and explore this data. The corresponding csv files need to be downloaded from the website previously, saved in the working directory and renamed using the format accident_year.csv.bs2.

fars_read_years

The fars_read_years function reads in the data for one or multiple years and generates a list of tibbles with the information.

fars_read_years(2015)

fars_summarize_years

This function generates a summary of fatal crashes by year and month.

fars_summarize_years(2015)

fars_map_state

Finally, the fars_map_state creates a map with the fatality data for the chosen state (as a number).

fars_map_state(1, 2015)

rafaelcb/FARS documentation built on May 12, 2019, 2:03 p.m.