Motor vehicle traffic crash injury and fatality estimates : 2002 early assessment.

Author(s)
Hilton, J. & Shankar, U.
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Abstract

The objective of this report was to examine the early assessment of fatalities and injuries in motor vehicle crashes for 2002. Data were compared between 2001 and 2002. Based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data file and the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System, early assessment estimates indicated that approximately 42,850 persons died and an additional 2,914,000 persons were injured on U.S. public roads and highways in the calendar year 2002. This report contrasts estimates for 2002 with annual report numbers for 2001. Early assessment estimates are based on the best data currently available. These data are incomplete or preliminary at this time and will be superceded when the annual report files become available. At that time a broader range of fatality and injury statistics will be reported. (Author/publisher)

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C 30261 [electronic version only] /81 / ITRD E824959
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2003, 41 p.; NHTSA Technical Report ; DOT HS 809 586

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