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    • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 - Accidents

    Metadata Updated: July 17, 2025

    The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 Initial Release - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents dataset was compiled from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 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 initial release of FARS 2023 data. This data file contains information about crash characteristics and environmental conditions at the time of the crash. There is one record per crash. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529018

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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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    Metadata Date July 16, 2025
    Metadata Created Date April 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 17, 2025
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2014 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date July 16, 2025
    Metadata Created Date April 18, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 17, 2025
    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) 2023 - Accidents
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
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    Bbox North Lat 64.850905999999995
    Bbox South Lat 17.959824999999999
    Bbox West Long -159.37546699999999
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Harvest Object Id 45bea8f9-1107-4fdd-bf9d-136c0dbdec36
    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
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    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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