National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System : analytical user's manual 2007 file

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• Alternative Title:
  National accident sampling system crashworthiness data system (NASS/CDS)
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Automobiles Crash Data Crash Injuries Crashworthiness Databases Data Files Highway Safety Injuries Manuals Statistics Traffic Accidents Traffic Crashes

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• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Comparing the 1988-2007 files with files from years prior to 1988 is not recommended. The
  
  principal attributes of the NASS CDS 1988-2007 files include: focusing on crashes involving
  
  automobiles and automobile derivatives, light trucks and vans with gross vehicle weight less
  
  than 10,000 pounds (4,537 kg); giving special consideration to late model year vehicles (the five
  
  most recent model years [four, beginning in 1996]); emphasizing the more serious injury
  
  crashes; eliminating the pedestrian and non-motorist record, the driver record and vehicle
  
  registration information. A revised set of data collection forms was designed in 1988 for the
  
  crashworthiness data system. Some features are: the introduction of an Accident Event Record
  
  to capture all events in the crash; the creation of three new vehicle records (General Vehicle,
  
  Exterior Vehicle, Interior Vehicle); and the separation of occupant records into an Occupant
  
  Assessment Record and an Occupant Injury Record, wherein all injuries are coded.
  
  The NASS CDS file is available in two automated formats: a sequential data set or a Statistical
  
  Analysis System (SAS) data set. Hard copy data collection records, sanitized to protect privacy,
  
  are available for review through data collection year 1996. An electronic version of these
  
  records is available beginning with data collection year 1997. These records contain
  
  photographic images, scene diagrams, and vehicle damage diagrams.
  
  This manual and the NASS 2007 Crashworthiness Data System's Data Collection, Coding and
  
  Editing Manual are the primary documentation supporting the automated file. When using this
  
  file one should be careful to understand the coding conventions of all variables used thoroughly.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c6db879632948c7ce479c514459faa95a6cc6f8fd9b6222f96c73ce532edd389
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5810/dot_5810_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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