SLIDE 1:
Overview of Changes in NCSA Data Acquisition Programs 



SLIDE 2:
Researchers having access to crash data which is:
 * Collected efficiently 
 * Timely 
 * Comprehensive
 * Compatible


SLIDE 3:
FARS DATA COLLECTION
* Added New Variables and Attributes in 2005



SLIDE 4:
FARS DATA COLLECTION - 2005

- Hit-and-Run - New Attribute Code Added
	* “5-Hit-and-Run – Other Involved Person Left Scene”

- Related Factor-Person Level - New Attribute Code Added
	*  “56-Non-Driver Flees Scene” 

- Related Factors-Vehicle Level - New Attribute Code Added
	* “43-Hazardous Materials/Cargo Released From This Vehicle”

- Recording Data on “Not In-Transport Vehicles” 
	* [Parked/Stopped Off-Roadway/Working Motor Vehicles or Vehicles In Motion Outside the Trafficway]


SLIDE 5:
NASS – National Automotive Sampling System

- GES – General Estimates System 2005

- Recording Data on “Not In-Transport Vehicles” 
	* [Parked/Stopped Off-Roadway/Working Motor Vehicles or Vehicles In Motion Outside the Trafficway]

- MMUCC Compatible:
Variables and attributes were modified or added



SLIDE 6:
Future NASS CDS
NASS Crashworthiness Data System
 * Increase caseload
	- Reduce the current level of field work
	- Crashworthiness Data only
 * Review variables

Add in more Rollover crashes
 * Changes to the data collected
 * Special Study – Researching the possibility of increasing the number of rollover cases
	- Sample – Added Identifier in sampling listing file in 2005



SLIDE 7:
Began Two New Programs
 * National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey (NMVCC) 

 * FastFARS, an enhancement to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)


SLIDE 8:
NMVCCS
National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey
 - Determine how crashes occur in today’s fleet
	* Provide essential pre-crash data
	* Events and factors related to how crashes occur

 - Identify what crash avoidance technologies are needed
	* Tailor these technologies
	* Evaluate emerging technologies


SLIDE 9:
FastFARS
- Provide basic crash information to agency managers in near “real-time” on qualifying crashes

- Provide near “real-time” notification of fatal crashes to NHTSA
	* Reducing the reporting time of crashes during holiday periods


SLIDE 10:
FastFARS

The success of FastFARS depends on:
 * Reliable and timely fatal crash notification within each State
 * Timely and accurate reporting of fatal crashes by each State to NHTSA
 * Compilation of State reported fatality counts into a National total


SLIDE 11:
QUESTIONS?