Citation

Kahane CJ. Chance 2005; 18(2): 16.

Affiliation

U.S. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC.

Comment On:

Meyer MC, FinneyT 3-15;.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Springer-Verlag)

DOI

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Abstract

I would not recommend using the Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) of the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) for analyzing the fatality-reducing effectiveness of air bags, because a much larger data file -- the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a census of the nation’s traffic fatalities since 1975 -- is available for that purpose. The relatively small number of fatality cases on CDS and the high sampling error of statistics generated in this type of analysis make it difficult to obtain statistically meaningful, let alone precise estimates of fatality reduction.