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:
  • Traffic crashes
  • Crash data
  • Data files
  • Manuals
  • Databases
  • Crashworthiness
  • Injuries
  • Highway safety
  • Traffic accidents
  • Statistics
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• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5810/dot_5810_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 244.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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