Statistics and Data
Selected resources for Minnesota and national traffic safety statistics
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Minnesota
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts
Annual publication by the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety researchers. This detailed report presents facts about crashes in Minnesota, including alcohol use, seat belt use, motorcycles, trucks, pedestrians, bicycles, school buses and trains.
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Impaired Driving Facts, 2007
Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety
Traffic Safety Fundamentals Handbook 2008 (PDF)
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Summarizes key facts and characteristics of traffic safety on Minnesota's roads and highways.
Minnesota Crash Mapping Analysis Tool
Minnesota Department of Transportation
A graphical application that enables users to analyze crash data based on a number of attributes, including county, city and accident case number.
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) contains data on a census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Project
The CODES Project is a collaborative effort among the Minnesota Departments of Health, Public Safety, and Transportation with the Minnesota Hospital Association and Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board.
The purpose of the project is to provide linked crash and hospital-injury data in aggregate form in order to identify countermeasures that have the most impact on improving highway safety and to document hospitalization charges resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
MN Injury Data Access System (MIDAS)
Contains injury and violence data for Minnesotans, by specific city or county, and by specific types of injury and/or demographic characteristics.
National
SafeRoadMaps.org
A visually innovative tool that maps out roadway fatalities across the nation... and in your community.
State Traffic Safety Information (STSI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Map-based method of accessing data on traffic safety for each state. Contains data from most recent year available.
Safety State Fact Sheets (PDF)
Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG)
Two-page transportation safety fact sheets compiled by FHWA and its Transportation Safety Planning Working Group partners.
State Data Program
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The State Data Program (SDP) supports NHTSA's efforts to identify traffic safety problems, help develop and implement vehicle and driver countermeasures, evaluate motor vehicle standards, and to study crash avoidance issues, crashworthiness issues, and regulations.
FARS Encyclopedia
Summarizes nationwide fatal crash information
WISQARS ™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
An interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data from the national Center of Health Statistics (NCHS) and the violent death data from NCIPC's National Violent Death Reporting System.
NCSA Customer Automated Tracking System (CATS): Publications, Documentation & Manuals
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
CATS contains NCSA publications such as Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, FARS/GES Reports, Research Notes and Crash*Stats, Technical Reports, Annual Assessments, and Documentation and Manuals for FARS, GES, and NASS-CDS. Customers may also request customized data at this site.
2008 Traffic Safety Culture Index (PDF)
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 2008
This report provides an overview of the attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and experiences of the American public regarding traffic safety.
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC), 3rd Edition
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Governors Highway Safety Association, 2008
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) is a voluntary guideline that helps states collect consistent, reliable crash data. The data are used for identifying traffic safety problems, establishing goals and performance measures, monitoring the progress of programs, and allocating resources for enforcement, engineering and education.