2015 Traffic Fatalities

Quick Start

For a quick introduction to this Dataset, take a look at the Kernel Traffic Fatalities Getting Started.

See the Fatality Analysis Reporting
System FARS User’s Manual for understanding the column abbreviations and possible values.

Also, see the following reference

Original source of this data containing all files can be obtained here

Below are the files released by the (NHTSA) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in their original format. Additional files can be found in the extra folder. Reference Traffic Fatalities Getting Started. for how to access this extra folder with contents.

Data Compared to 2014

A few interesting notes about this data compared to 2014

• Pedalcyclist fatalities increased by 89 (12.2 percent)
• Motorcyclist fatalities increased by 382 (8.3-percent
  increase)
• Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities increased by 3.2 percent,
  from 9,943 in 2014 to 10,265 in 2015
• Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased by 3.5 percent
  from 2014 to 2015, the largest increase since 1992, nearly 25
  years ago.

See TRAFFIC SAFETY FACTS for more detail on the above findings.