Trucks involved in fatal accidents codebook 2010 (Version October 22, 2012).

PDFTech ReportUMTRI-2012-30DTMC75\uc2\ubf08\uc2\ubfH\uc2\ubf00005TrucksTruck accidentsFatalitiesData filesAccident dataUnited StatesUniversity of Michigan. Transportation Research InstituteJarossi, LindaHershberger, DanielWoodrooffe, JohnUniversity of Michigan. Transportation Research InstituteUnited States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionThis report provides documentation for UMTRI\ue2\u20ac\u2122s file of Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents(TIFA), 2010, including distributions of the code values for each variable in the file. The 2010TIFA file is a census of all medium and heavy trucks involved in a fatal accident in the UnitedStates. The TIFA database provides coverage of all medium and heavy trucks recorded in theFatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) file. TIFA combines vehicle, accident, and occupantrecords from FARS with information about the physical configuration and operating authority ofthe truck from the TIFA survey