Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Source National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Traffic Fatality Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation provide a nationwide census of fatal injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic crashes. occuring during the calendar year. NHTSA offers a query system as well as all files from their FTP site, plus manuals and documentation. FARS documentation is also available on this site. This site is a mirror of NHTSA's FARS FTP site which also includes DBF and SQL/ASCII versions of the data. The data files below are processed to be easier for SAS and Stata use.

Updates and changes.

Table 1:

Year	User Guide	Accident - Crash level data	Vehicle level data	Person level data
1975	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1976	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1977	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1978	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1979	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1980	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1981	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1982	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1983	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1984	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1985	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1986	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1987	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1988	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1989	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1990	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1991	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1992	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1993	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1994	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1995	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1996	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1997	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1998	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
1999	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2000	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2001	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2002	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2003	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2004	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2005	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2006	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2007	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2008	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2009	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2010	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2011	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2012	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2013	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2014	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc
2015	PDF	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc

Table 2:

Year	Alcohol Multiple Imputation Crash data	Alcohol Multiple Imputation Person data	Parked and Working Vehicle data	Other U.S. or Aux. Files	Puerto Rico data
1975	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
1976	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
1977	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
1978	NA	PR	NA	NA	NA
1979	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
1980	NA	PR	NA	NA	NA
1981	NA	PR	NA	NA	NA
1982	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1983	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1984	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1985	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1986	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1987	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1988	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1989	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1990	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1991	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1992	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1993	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1994	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1995	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1996	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1997	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1998	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
1999	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2000	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2001	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2002	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2003	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2004	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	NA	auxdir	PR, aux
2005	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	auxdir	PR, aux
2006	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	auxdir	PR, aux
2007	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	auxdir	PR, aux
2008	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	auxdir	PR, aux
2009	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	auxdir	PR, aux
2010	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir, auxdir	PR, aux
2011	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir, auxdir	PR, aux
2012	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir,	PR,
2013	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir,	PR,
2014	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir,	PR,
2015	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	SAS, dta, desc	usdir, Docs	PR,

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