National automotive sampling system (NASS) general estimates system (GES) : analytical user's manual, 1988-1999

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• Alternative Title:
  NASS GES Analytical User¿s Manual, 1988-1999 ; National accident sampling system
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash data
  • Traffic crashes
  • Crashworthiness
  • Statistics
  • Automobiles
  • Documentation
  • Estimates
  • Fatalities
  • Files
  • 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 ; 6.4 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/5205/dot_5205_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 308.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:949728eaf85c2c1c10be38fe660428c772041575d16958af0350e94b12bb2c3778cb83673ddcba1e316405f9d21b9d84a43787243792e0de3b55bae3165967f2