Python Scripts

• Summarize.py

This is the main routine that cracks one year at a time.  It creates a list of counters.  Then it reads the file, bumping qualifying counters for each record.  At last, it prints a two-column report in .csv format.  The left column is labels for the counts in the right column.

• Consolidate.py

This program produces a spreadsheet in .csv format by columnwise combining the outputs of successive runs of Summarize.py.  Each column is a year.  Each row is a series.

• Summarize.sh

This shell script knows the names of the FARS data files, which are inconsistent from year to year.  It successively invokes Summarize.py for each year.  Finally, it calls Consolidate.py.

• Chart.py

This program reads the .csv file from the summarization step and creates .jpg graphics.

• Describe.py

This module is required by Summarize.py.  It contains the logic that adapts to changes in file layouts over the years.

• Record Layouts

The following modules are all required by Describe.py.  They contain actual record layouts.

• FAR82_86.py
• FAR87_90.py
• FAR91_92.py
• FARS2000.py
• FARS2001.py
• FARS2002.py
• FARS2003.py
• FARS93.py
• FARS94_5.py
• FARS96.py
• FARS97.py
• FARS98.py
• FARS99.py