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    • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2022 - Vehicle Auxiliary File

    Metadata Updated: September 5, 2025

    The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2022 Final Release - Vehicle Information Auxiliary File dataset was compiled from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 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). 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 file contain elements derived from the FARS datasets to make it easier to extract certain data classifications and topical areas. This file downloaded from the open data catalog is synonymous with what USDOT/NHTSA releases for FARS as the VEH_AUX file. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529024

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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 September 4, 2025
    Metadata Created Date April 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 5, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation), April 17, 2025 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 4, 2025
    Metadata Created Date April 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 5, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation), April 17, 2025 (revision)
    Responsible Party National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2022 - Vehicle Auxiliary File
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Harvest Object Id 2cd06ffa-df96-4494-b077-fbf6fcfceeda
    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.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System 3857
    Spatial Harvester True

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