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Searchable Safety Databases

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  Website provides information on current transportation-related policies and provides technical services to support States in their efforts to efficiently and safely move people and goods.

• Association of Traffic Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
  Website provides information about the annual International Traffic Records Forums, as well as information about issues regarding data and traffic records on which ATSIP works.

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Databases
  The National Transportation Data Archive provides updated data, graphs and charts on nationwide transportation statistics.

• Fatality Analysis Report System (FARS - NHTSA)
  Contains data on all United States vehicle crashes that occur on a public roadway and involve a fatality in the crash. This Website provides instant access to FARS data via the Query Engine, Wizard, and Reports Library. The site is maintained by NHTSA's Center for Statistics and Analysis.

• Federal Traffic Record Coordinating Committee
  Contains information about traffic records and data issues, events, and coordination among TTRRC members, including the Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST).

• FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (at George Washington University)
  The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center is a federally funded research center concentrating on vehicle crash research.

• Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) Research Library
  Contains an online catalog to find documents and prepare an order form that you can mail or fax to ITE.

• National Safety Council's Information Gateway
  Access information on many safety, health and environmental topics.

• State Traffic Safety Information System (NHTSA)
  Website provides a wide array of traffic safety information available by State and year.

• Traffic Record System
  The Research and Innovative Technologies Administration (RITA) Webpage includes links to transportation research reports, charts, and graphs on a variety of transportation-related issues.

• Transportation Research Board (TRB) Publications
  Transportation Research Board Website search page has a query function that provides a listing of studies on the topic in question. Additionally, page provides links to organization, function, and TRB committees.

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Rural/Urban Comparison Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-996) (PDF - 792 KB)