gamclass (version 0.52)

fars2007: US fatal road accident data, 2007 and 2008

Description

Data are included on variables that may be relevant to assessing airbag and seatbelt effectiveness in preventing fatal injury.

Usage

fars2007
fars2008

source

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

Details

Data is for automabiles where a passenger seat was occupied, with one observation for each such passenger.

References

http:/www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm/nzsr/taws.html

Olson CM, Cummings P, Rivara FP. 2006. Association of first- and second-generation air bags with front occupant death in car crashes: a matched cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 164:161-169

Cummings, P; McKnight, B, 2010. Accounting for vehicle, crash, and occupant characteristics in traffic crash studies. Injury Prevention 16: 363-366

Braver, ER; Shardell, M; Teoh, ER, 2010. How have changes in air bag designs affected frontal crash mortality? Ann Epidemiol 20:499-510.

Examples

data(fars2007)
str(fars2007)