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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2021 Final Release - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents

Metadata Updated: May 8, 2024

The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2021 Final Release - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents dataset was compiled from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This geospatial dataset is the accident file from the FARS 2021 Final Release Data. The Final Release Data is published 12-15 months, after the initial release of FARS, and could contain additional fatal accidents due to the delay in police reporting, toxicology reports, etc., along with changes to attribute information for previously reported fatal accidents. This data file contains information about crash characteristics and environmental conditions at the time of the crash. There is one record per crash.

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date May 6, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 8, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2024
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation)
Frequency Of Update annually

Metadata Source

Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date May 6, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 8, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2024
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation)
Responsible Party National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2021 Final Release - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents
Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
Bbox East Long -67
Bbox North Lat 71.5
Bbox South Lat 18.5
Bbox West Long -171.5
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update annually
Harvest Object Id 2dc4df20-e3b0-4d05-a816-2eeb9d864ca9
Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.5, 18.5], [-67.0, 18.5], [-67.0, 71.5], [-171.5, 71.5], [-171.5, 18.5]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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