Editorial Process
Every figure on PlainRoadSafety traces back to a named public source, computed by documented pipelines. PlainRoadSafety publishes under one organizational byline rather than personal ones: the publisher is accountable for the data framing, methodology, and corrections you read here.
Download the FARS state extract cited on this page: fars-state-fatality-statistics.csv (NHTSA FARS · CC BY 4.0).
Every figure published on PlainRoadSafety is traced back to its official public source and computed by deterministic pipelines, not hand-entered. Our methodology sets out exactly how each dataset is sourced, computed, and refreshed, and the about page explains how we handle corrections when a reader flags something. The byline below is the publishing organization itself, not an individual writer: these pages are generated from documented pipelines rather than individually reported, so accountability for the framing and for correcting it sits with the publisher.
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Road Safety Data Team · NHTSA FARS data analysis
PlainRoadSafety is an independent data-journalism site that turns the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System into clear, plain-language road-safety statistics for every US state and county. The team builds the visualizations, checks every figure against the underlying federal source, and accepts no payment from the entities it covers.
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PlainRoadSafety is a data-journalism publisher: we compile public datasets, verify them against their official sources, and present them in plain language. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the FARS census underlying every figure on this site covers 51 states and 3,137 counties across 2015 through 2023. Editorial standards, sourcing, and how we handle corrections are described on our about and methodology pages.