General Estimates Systems (GES) Files

The information was used to estimate how many motor vehicle crashes of different kinds took place, and what happened when they occurred. Data were used in traffic safety analyses and to answer motor vehicle safety questions from the U.S. Congress, lawyers, doctors, students, research ers, and the general public.

This series contains data from a nationally representative sample of police reported motor vehicle crashes of all types, from minor to fatal. Information includes accident level variables, e.g., first harmful event, roadway profile and number injured in accident; vehicle / driver level variables, e.g., violations charged, vehicle make and model and driver's action; and person level variables, e.g., person type, age, sex and injury severity.