Currently, there are 52 file names to download/read data from.
Arguments
- years
Year for which data are to be found
- type
One of 'Accidents', 'Casualties', 'Vehicles'; defaults to 'Accidents', ignores case.
Examples
find_file_name(2016)
#> [1] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2016.csv"
#> [2] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-vehicle-2016.csv"
#> [3] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2016.csv"
find_file_name(2016, type = "accident")
#> [1] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2016.csv"
find_file_name(1985, type = "accident")
#> No files of that type found for that year.
#> No files found. Check the stats19 website on data.gov.uk
#> character(0)
find_file_name(type = "cas")
#> [1] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2020.csv"
#> [2] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-1979-2020.csv"
#> [3] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2019.csv"
#> [4] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2018.csv"
#> [5] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2017.csv"
#> [6] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2016.csv"
#> [7] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-last-5-years.csv"
find_file_name(type = "accid")
#> [1] "accident-and-casualty-adjustment-2004-to-2019.zip"
#> [2] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2020.csv"
#> [3] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-1979-2020.csv"
#> [4] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2019.csv"
#> [5] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2018.csv"
#> [6] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2017.csv"
#> [7] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2016.csv"
#> [8] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-last-5-years.csv"
find_file_name(2016:2017) # warning when multiple years requested
#> Warning: argument 'pattern' has length > 1 and only the first element will be used
#> [1] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-casualty-2016.csv"
#> [2] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-vehicle-2016.csv"
#> [3] "dft-road-casualty-statistics-accident-2016.csv"