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  "accessLevel": "public",
  "accrualPeriodicity": "irregular",
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  "agencyProgramURL": "http://www.nhtsa.gov/Data/State+Data+Programs",
  "analysisUnit": "vehicle crash",
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  ],
  "categoryDesignation": "Research",
  "collectionInstrument": "FARS/GES/NiTS Micro-Computer Data Entry System (MDE)",
  "contactPoint": {
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    "fn": "NHTSA-Datahub",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:NHTSA-Datahub@dot.gov"
  },
  "dataQuality": true,
  "describedBy": "http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/listpublications.aspx%3FId=233&ShowBy=Category",
  "description": "The Not-in-Traffic Surveillance (NiTS) system is a virtual data collection system designed to provide counts and details regarding fatalities and injuries that occur in non-traffic crashes and in non-crash incidents. NiTS non-traffic crash data is obtained through NHTSA's National Automotive Sampling System, General Estimates System (NASS GES) and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). NiTS non-crash injury data is based upon emergency department records from a special study conducted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) All Injury Program. NiTS non-crash fatality data is derived from death certificate information from the Centers for Disease Control's National Vital Statistics System.",
  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "downloadURL": "ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/nits",
      "mediaType": "text/html",
      "title": "Browse FTP site"
    }
  ],
  "identifier": "288.5",
  "isPartOf": "DOT-288",
  "issued": "2009-01-27",
  "keyword": [
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    "death",
    "dot",
    "driver",
    "fatality",
    "incident",
    "injury",
    "nhtsa",
    "nits",
    "non-crash",
    "person",
    "vehicle",
    "victim"
  ],
  "landingPage": "https://data.transportation.gov/d/7n7q-wu48",
  "language": [
    "en-US"
  ],
  "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/",
  "modified": "2026-09-02",
  "phone": "202-366-5391",
  "programCode": [
    "021:032"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "National Highway Traffic Safety Administration"
  },
  "references": [
    "http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/listpublications.aspx%3FId=233&ShowBy=Category"
  ],
  "spatial": "United States of America",
  "temporal": "2008-01-01/2010-12-31",
  "theme": [
    "Transportation"
  ],
  "title": "Not in Traffic Surveillance (NiTS) - Browse FTP site"
}