Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents Codebook 2005

This report provides documentation for UMTRI’s file of Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents (TIFA), 2005, including distributions of the code values for each variable in the file. The 2005 TIFA file is a census of all medium and heavy trucks involved in a fatal accident in the United States. The TIFA database provides coverage of all medium and heavy trucks recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) file. TIFA combines vehicle, accident, and occupant records from FARS with information about the physical configuration and operating authority of the truck from the TIFA survey.

• Record URL:
  • http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57732/1/48532%20A47.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Matteson, Anne
  • Pettis, Leslie
  • Green, Paul E
  • Woodrooffe, John
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Special Report Task A
• Pagination: 143p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Fatalities; Heavy duty trucks; Medium trucks; Statistics; Truck crashes; Trucking safety
• Identifier Terms: Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Trucks Involved in Fatal Accidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01111388
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-2007-47
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-06-H-00003
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 29 2008 11:47AM