FARSpkg

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Package: FARSpkg

GitHub: https://github.com/SondergardM/FARSpkg

Data Source

The functions in this R package utilize data from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which is a nationwide census providing the American public yearly data regarding fatal injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

Package Summary

The functions in this package are designed to utilize data from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), which is a nationwide census that provides the American public with yearly data concerning fatal injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

Data is provided only for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015.

The package consists of five (5) functions:

• make_filename This function takes an input year and returns a file name matching the FARS data files in the package.

• fars_read This function loads the FARS data for the specific years of interest.

• fars_read_years This function reads in the FARS data for a range of years (2003 - 2015)

• fars_summarize_years This function produces a summary of the number of fatal traffic accidents per month for the specific year of interest.

• fars_map_state This function generates a map showing the location of fatal traffic accidents for a given state and year, as requested by the user.

Further documentation can be found in the package documentation for each individual function.

Useful Reference Links:

• Common roxygen2 tags
• R Packages (book)
• Writing R Extensions
• Travis: Building R packages
• Package Development with devtools Cheat Sheet
• Testing packages

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