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Sources for Covering Auto Accidents
McGinty gives information on how to use the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatal Accident Reporting System, or FARS. He covers why it exists, how comprehensive and accurate the data is, and how it is tructured.
Tags: Transportation; car accidents; FARS; fatalities; national databases
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Traffic Fatalities
This tipsheet is a basic overview of what resources to use when reporting on traffic fatalities. McGinty offers some background on FARS, paper documents and driving records, and then explains how all three can all be helpful when reporting on the topic.
Tags: Fatal Accident Reports; analysis; drivers; traffic; Access; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Suggested sources on railroad crossing safety
This tip sheet offers sources for railroad crossing safety and an example story as well.
Tags: Railroad safety; railroad crossings; Federal Railroad Administration; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; National Transportation Safety Board; National Transportation Safety Board
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Tipsheet No: 117
Volume one of "Auto Alert" which publishes abstracts on recent safety investigations by the NHTSA and other auto safety news. A second one-page sheet describes the three levels of investigations that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is in charge of completing, and how to use the NHTSA as a source.
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