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New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) - 5 Star Safety Ratings

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Transportation
Sub-Agency	National Highway Traffice Safety Administration
Category	Transportation
Date Released	1995/1996
Date Updated	01/05/2010
Time Period	The database covers 20 years of data to date.
Frequency	The ICR data which contains the vehicles safety features is obtained once a year. Test data is uploaded on a daily basis.
Description	NCAP rates vehicles to determine crash worthiness and rollover safety. The safety ratings are gathered during controlled crash and rollover tests conducted at NHTSA's research facilities. Vehicles with a rating of five stars indicate the highest safety rating, whereas a one star indicates the lowest rating.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	New, Car, Assessment, Program, NCAP, Five, 5, Star, Safety, Rating, Ratings
Unique ID	1354

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	NA
Agency Program Page	http://www.safercar.gov/portal/site/safercar/menuitem.13dd5c887c7e1358fefe0a2f35a67789/?vgnextoid=4ecd2bc586d7a110VgnVCM1000002fd17898RCRD
Agency Data Series Page	ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Vehicles
Granularity	N/A
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Data is collected from vehicle crash test conducted in a Laboratory facility.
Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/NCAPdescription.txt

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/NCAPdescription.txt
Additional Metadata

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