USDOT_BTS_NTAD_FARS_Final_Release_Accidents eng; USA utf8 dataset Anders Longthorne National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Mathematical Statistician 202-366-2714 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 US Anders.Longthorne@dot.gov pointOfContact 2026-07-06 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO/TS 19139:2007 point 38066 3857 EPSG Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Final Release - Accidents 2014-07-01 creation 2026-07-01 publication 2026-04-23 revision National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) originator vector The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 Final 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 FARS 2023 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. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1518753 The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was conceived, designed, and developed by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1975 to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help identify traffic safety problems, to suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety programs. Acknowledgment of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor]. completed Anders Longthorne National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Mathematical Statistician 202-366-2714 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 US Anders.Longthorne@dot.gov pointOfContact notPlanned NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database National Transportation Atlas Database vector point Roads Accidents Traffic Fatalities FARS Fatality Analysis Reporting System NHTSA Motor Vehicle Crash 2023 theme none USA National place none 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. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: unrestricted National Transportation Atlas Database 2026-07-01 publication Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publisher largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA health Native Dataset Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 -159.37546666959804 -65.649808330255027 17.95982499965907 64.850905559903197 2023-12-31 0 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 Final Release - Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents A data dictionary resource of attribute information is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1518753 Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) NTAD Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States ntad@dot.gov distributor None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset. https://doi.org/10.21949/1522047 http Open Data Catalog Web page to view and download dataset. The file download formats available include: ESRI File Geodatabase or Shapefile, GeoPackage, Comma-Seperated Values (CSV), Microsoft Excel, GeoJSON, KML, Feature Collection, and SQLite Geodatabase. download https://doi.org/10.21949/1522049 http ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information download https://doi.org/10.21949/1520850 http Repository and Open Science Access Portal (ROSA P) NTAD Archive Collection ZIP download dataset Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. NHTSA has a cooperative agreement with an agency in each State government to provide specific information in a standard format on fatal crashes occurring in the State. The agreements are managed by NCSA’s FARS program staff. The State employees who gather, translate, and transmit the data are called FARS analysts. The number of analysts in each State varies according to the State. NHTSA provides each FARS analyst with formal training. All FARS data on fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes is gathered from the State’s own source documents and is coded onto standard FARS forms or directly into a microcomputer data entry system. The analysts obtain the documents needed to complete the FARS cases, which generally include some or all the following: • Police accident reports, • State vehicle registration files, • State driver licensing files, • State highway department data, • Vital records department data, • Death certificates, • Coroner/medical examiner reports, and • Emergency medical service reports. Each FARS analyst enters coded data through a local computer into NHTSA’s central FARS Web accessed database daily. The data is automatically checked online for acceptable range values and consistency, and again reviewed for quality upon arrival at NHTSA. Range checks ensure that the codes submitted are valid. For example, a code “4” for the element “Sex” would be rejected by the system since “1” (male), “2” (female), and “9” (unknown) are the only valid codes. Consistency checks ensure that no inconsistent data is entered. For example, if an analyst codes “11 a.m.” as the time of the crash and “dusk” as the light condition, these codes would all be rejected, as they are inconsistent. Quality control is a vital system feature. In addition to the range and consistency checks, other checks for timeliness, completeness, and accuracy are conducted throughout the year. asNeeded Anders Longthorne National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Mathematical Statistician 202-366-2714 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States Anders.Longthorne@dot.gov custodian