FARS Data
fars.RdThe fars data frame has 5662 rows and 5 columns of
vehicle crashes in the United States in 2020.
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- fips
the five-digit codes of U.S. counties (FIPS 6-4).
- weekend
a dummy variable for weekday (
0) and weekend day (1).- longitude
longitude of the county's barycenter.
- latitude
latitude of the county's barycenter.
- count
the count of vehicle crashes.
Details
The original data with individual accident records are publicly available from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database. This aggregated dataset is restricted to the year 2020, it excludes individual records with missing information on accident location. It also excludes accidents occurred in Alaska and Hawaii. The dataset is balanced, i.e., combinations of fips and weekend with no recorded accidents have 0 counts.
Source
Fatality Analysis Reporting System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars