National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES) : analytical user's manual, 1988-1997

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• Alternative Title:
  NASS GES Analytical User¿s Manual, 1988-1997 ; National Accident Sampling System
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash data
  • Manuals
  • Statistics
  • Injuries
  • Traffic crashes
  • Automobiles
  • Estimates
  • Files
  • General Estimates System(GES)
  • Highway safety
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• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  One of the primary objectives of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is ; to reduce the staggering human toll and property damage that motor vehicle traffic crashes impose ; on our society. Crashes each year result in thousands of lives lost, hundreds of thousands of injured ; victims, and billions of dollars in property damage. Good data are required to support the ; development, implementation, and assessment of highway safety programs aimed at reducing this ; toll. NHTSA uses data from many sources, including the National Automotive Sampling System ; General Estimates System (GES) which began operation in 1988. Providing data about all types of ; crashes involving all types of vehicles, the GES is used to identify highway safety problems areas, ; provide a basis for regulatory and consumer information initiatives, and form the basis for cost and ; benefit analyses of highway safety initiatives. ; The GES obtains its data from a nationally representative probability sample selected from the ; estimated 6.8 million police-reported crashes which occur annually. These crashes include those ; which result in a fatality or injury and those involving major property damage. Although various ; sources suggest that there are many more crashes that are not reported to the police, the majority of ; these unreported crashes involve only minor property damage and no significant personal injury. By ; restricting attention to police-reported crashes, the GES concentrates on those crashes of greatest ; concern to the highway safety community and the general public. ; This multi-year analytical user’s manual provides documentation on variables that are contained in ; the GES and other useful information that will enable the users to become familiar the data system.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5139/dot_5139_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 436.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6679d740c1e3cbc6ff1506f685ac97acc0dc9124d8f4dcc5d32d1687fa31478bb667dd6347ef7bbfe4359ed873021ce34389aa9b1350f438851885ee25b6818a