Trucks involved in fatal accidents : codebook 2008

DTMC75-08-H-00005This report provides documentation for UMTRI\u2019s file of Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents(TIFA), 2008, including distributions of the code values for each variable in the file. The 2008TIFA 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