This interactive guide exists to make working with the Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User’s Manual, 1975-2023 easier.
How does this make using the manual easier?
By applying Piercean visual design principles.
Namely through:
- Broad level reformatted overview documentation
- Interactive reference tables with links for quick comparison and link reference
- Interactive network graphs to organize and explore documents
How is this website structured?
There are 4 different folders that consist of the 4 different hierarchical categories that exist in the FARS data.
The following diagram shows this structure:
flowchart TD DataFileLevel["Data File Level"] --> RecordType1["Record Type"] RecordType1 --> DataFile1["Data File"] DataFile1 --> DataElement1["Data Element"]
How do I get started?
You can start with the overview documentation.
Additional Notes
Definitions for the FARS User’s Manual are, more or less, defined top-down according to the following references:
flowchart TD LevelOne["Motor Vehicle Traffic Classification Manual"] --> LevelTwo["FARS/CRSS Coding Manual"] LevelTwo --> LevelThree["Fatality Analysis Reporting Manual"]