NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the census of every fatal motor-vehicle crash on US public roads: 289,625 crashes and 314,452 fatalities for 2016 through 2023, 99.6% with precise coordinates.

What does a crash record include?

State, county and city, date and time, counts of fatalities, persons, vehicles and pedestrians, the number of drinking drivers derived consistently across years, weather, light condition, road type and function, harmful event, collision manner and work-zone flag.

Why does the data stop at 2023?

FARS is released about a year and a half after the calendar year. New years are added when NHTSA publishes them.

Can I search by location?

Yes. The nearby endpoint returns crashes within a radius of a coordinate with distances, and the stats endpoint aggregates by any dimension.

Does it include non-fatal crashes?

No. FARS covers crashes with at least one death within 30 days. Injury-only crashes are in other NHTSA datasets.

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Traffic Fatalities API

Every fatal US road crash from 2016 to 2023: 289,625 crashes with location, conditions and drinking-driver counts

The complete census of fatal motor-vehicle crashes on US public roads, from NHTSA''s Fatality Analysis Reporting System: 289,625 crashes and 314,452 fatalities across 2016-2023, 99.6% with precise coordinates. Every crash carries state, county and city, date and time, fatality/person/vehicle/pedestrian counts, the number of drinking drivers (consistently derived across all years), weather, light condition, road type and function, harmful event, collision manner, work-zone and school-bus flags. The nearby endpoint answers the question insurers, mapping products and home buyers actually ask — every fatal crash within a radius of a point (Times Square, 3 km: 25 crashes, the closest a pedestrian fatality 20 meters away). Search by state, county, drunk-driving involvement, weather or date range; stats endpoints match NHTSA''s published totals exactly (2021: 43,230 deaths). Built for insurance and risk models, road-safety and navigation products, real estate, journalism and research. Public-domain source data, self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 40.758,
  "lon": -73.9855,
  "radius_km": 3,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "st_case": 360020,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2021-02-06",
      "day_of_week": "Saturday",
      "time": "13:29",
      "latitude": 40.757872,
      "longitude": -73.985575,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 1,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Daylight",
      "route_type": "Local Street - Municipality",
      "trafficway": "W 45TH ST",
      "harmful_event": "Pedestrian",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Major Collector",
      "intersection_type": "Four-Way Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.02
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "st_case": 360519,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2020-09-01",
      "day_of_week": "Tuesday",
      "time": "04:02",
      "latitude": 40.757331,
      "longitude": -73.985947,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 2,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Cloudy",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "Local Street - Municipality",
      "trafficway": "7TH AVE",
      "harmful_event": "Fell/Jumped from Vehicle",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Principal Arterial - Other",
      "intersection_type": "T-Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.08
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 360796,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2023-11-17",
      "day_of_week": "Friday",
      "time": "06:28",
      "latitude": 40.759197,
      "longitude": -73.9846,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 1,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Daylight",
      "route_type": "Not Signed",
      "trafficway": "W 47TH ST",
      "harmful_event": "Pedestrian",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Major Collector",
      "intersection_type": "Four-Way Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.15
    }
  ]
}

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Use cases for Traffic Fatalities API

Map fatal crashes near a route, intersection or property for safety and insurance analysis.
Compute crash statistics by state, county, year, weather or light condition for reporting.
Study pedestrian, work-zone and alcohol-involved crashes for policy and journalism.
Enrich a location with the fatal-crash history within a radius.

Traffic Fatalities API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETCrash Statistics
GETCrashes Near A Point
GETData Sources
GETGet Crash
GETSearch Crashes

GETCrash Statistics

https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/stats

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
by	year	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/stats?by=year" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "dimension": "year",
  "count": 8,
  "results": [
    {
      "key": "2021",
      "crashes": 39785,
      "fatalities": 43230
    },
    {
      "key": "2022",
      "crashes": 39422,
      "fatalities": 42721
    },
    {
      "key": "2023",
      "crashes": 37769,
      "fatalities": 41025
    },
    {
      "key": "2020",
      "crashes": 35935,
      "fatalities": 39007
    },
    {
      "key": "2016",
      "crashes": 34748,
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{
  "ok": true,
  "dimension": "year",
  "count": 8,
  "results": [
    {
      "key": "2021",
      "crashes": 39785,
      "fatalities": 43230
    },
    {
      "key": "2022",
      "crashes": 39422,
      "fatalities": 42721
    },
    {
      "key": "2023",
      "crashes": 37769,
      "fatalities": 41025
    },
    {
      "key": "2020",
      "crashes": 35935,
      "fatalities": 39007
    },
    {
      "key": "2016",
      "crashes": 34748,
      "fatalities": 37806
    },
    {
      "key": "2017",
      "crashes": 34560,
      "fatalities": 37473
    },
    {
      "key": "2018",
      "crashes": 33919,
      "fatalities": 36835
    },
    {
      "key": "2019",
      "crashes": 33487,
      "fatalities": 36355
    }
  ]
}

GETCrashes Near A Point

https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/nearby

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
lat	40.758	Required
limit	25	Optional
lon	-73.9855	Required
radius	3	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/nearby?lat=40.758&limit=25&lon=-73.9855&radius=3" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 40.758,
  "lon": -73.9855,
  "radius_km": 3,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "st_case": 360020,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2021-02-06",
      "day_of_week": "Saturday",
      "time": "13:29",
      "latitude": 40.757872,
      "longitude": -73.985575,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 1,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Daylight",
      "route_type": "Local Street - Municipality",
      "trafficway": "W 45TH ST",
      "harmful_event": "Pedestrian",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 40.758,
  "lon": -73.9855,
  "radius_km": 3,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "st_case": 360020,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2021-02-06",
      "day_of_week": "Saturday",
      "time": "13:29",
      "latitude": 40.757872,
      "longitude": -73.985575,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 1,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Daylight",
      "route_type": "Local Street - Municipality",
      "trafficway": "W 45TH ST",
      "harmful_event": "Pedestrian",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Major Collector",
      "intersection_type": "Four-Way Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.02
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "st_case": 360519,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2020-09-01",
      "day_of_week": "Tuesday",
      "time": "04:02",
      "latitude": 40.757331,
      "longitude": -73.985947,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 2,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Cloudy",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "Local Street - Municipality",
      "trafficway": "7TH AVE",
      "harmful_event": "Fell/Jumped from Vehicle",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Principal Arterial - Other",
      "intersection_type": "T-Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.08
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 360796,
      "state": "New York",
      "county": "New York",
      "city": "New York",
      "date": "2023-11-17",
      "day_of_week": "Friday",
      "time": "06:28",
      "latitude": 40.759197,
      "longitude": -73.9846,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 1,
      "drunk_drivers": 0,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Daylight",
      "route_type": "Not Signed",
      "trafficway": "W 47TH ST",
      "harmful_event": "Pedestrian",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Major Collector",
      "intersection_type": "Four-Way Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false,
      "distance_km": 0.15
    }
  ]
}

GETData Sources

https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "coverage": "NHTSA FARS, 2016-2023",
  "count": 1,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "nhtsa-fars",
      "name": "FARS national files 2016-2023",
      "publisher": "NHTSA (US Department of Transportation)",
      "licence": "US Government work - public domain",
      "source_url": "https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars",
      "file_url": "https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip",
      "cadence": "annual (new year each autumn)",
      "record_count": 289625,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-05"
    }
  ]
}

GETGet Crash

https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/{year}/{st_case}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
st_case	10001	Required
year	2023	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/2023/10001" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "crash": {
    "year": 2023,
    "st_case": 10001,
    "state": "Alabama",
    "county": "Butler",
    "city": null,
    "date": "2023-01-04",
    "day_of_week": "Wednesday",
    "time": "22:20",
    "latitude": 31.927975,
    "longitude": -86.538833,
    "fatalities": 1,
    "persons": 1,
    "vehicles": 1,
    "pedestrians": 0,
    "drunk_drivers": 0,
    "weather": "Clear",
    "light_condition": "Dark - Not Lighted",
    "route_type": "U.S. Highway",
    "trafficway": "US-31 SR-3",
    "harmful_event": "Rollover/Overturn",
    "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
    "rural_urban": "Rural",
    "road_function": "Major Collector",
    "intersection_type": "Not an Intersection",
    "work_zone": "None",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "crash": {
    "year": 2023,
    "st_case": 10001,
    "state": "Alabama",
    "county": "Butler",
    "city": null,
    "date": "2023-01-04",
    "day_of_week": "Wednesday",
    "time": "22:20",
    "latitude": 31.927975,
    "longitude": -86.538833,
    "fatalities": 1,
    "persons": 1,
    "vehicles": 1,
    "pedestrians": 0,
    "drunk_drivers": 0,
    "weather": "Clear",
    "light_condition": "Dark - Not Lighted",
    "route_type": "U.S. Highway",
    "trafficway": "US-31 SR-3",
    "harmful_event": "Rollover/Overturn",
    "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
    "rural_urban": "Rural",
    "road_function": "Major Collector",
    "intersection_type": "Not an Intersection",
    "work_zone": "None",
    "school_bus_involved": false
  }
}

GETSearch Crashes

https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
city		Optional
county		Optional
date_from	2023-01-01	Optional
date_to	2023-12-31	Optional
drunk	true	Optional
limit	20	Optional
min_fatalities		Optional
page	1	Optional
state	Texas	Optional
weather		Optional
year	2023	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes?date_from=2023-01-01&date_to=2023-12-31&drunk=true&limit=20&page=1&state=Texas&year=2023" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 973,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 483866,
      "state": "Texas",
      "county": "Tarrant",
      "city": "Arlington",
      "date": "2023-12-31",
      "day_of_week": "Sunday",
      "time": "02:05",
      "latitude": 32.648886,
      "longitude": -97.143014,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 1,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "Municipal",
      "trafficway": "MU-SUBLETT RD",
      "harmful_event": "Curb",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 973,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 483866,
      "state": "Texas",
      "county": "Tarrant",
      "city": "Arlington",
      "date": "2023-12-31",
      "day_of_week": "Sunday",
      "time": "02:05",
      "latitude": 32.648886,
      "longitude": -97.143014,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 1,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "Municipal",
      "trafficway": "MU-SUBLETT RD",
      "harmful_event": "Curb",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Other Principal Arterial",
      "intersection_type": "Not an Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 483880,
      "state": "Texas",
      "county": "Harris",
      "city": null,
      "date": "2023-12-31",
      "day_of_week": "Sunday",
      "time": "20:47",
      "latitude": 29.804853,
      "longitude": -95.381953,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 4,
      "vehicles": 2,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 1,
      "weather": "Clear",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "County",
      "trafficway": "CR-AIRLINE DR",
      "harmful_event": "Curb",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Minor Arterial",
      "intersection_type": "Not an Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "st_case": 483924,
      "state": "Texas",
      "county": "Dallas",
      "city": "Dallas",
      "date": "2023-12-31",
      "day_of_week": "Sunday",
      "time": "17:53",
      "latitude": 32.706622,
      "longitude": -96.828225,
      "fatalities": 1,
      "persons": 1,
      "vehicles": 1,
      "pedestrians": 0,
      "drunk_drivers": 1,
      "weather": "Cloudy",
      "light_condition": "Dark - Lighted",
      "route_type": "Interstate",
      "trafficway": "I-35 E",
      "harmful_event": "Concrete Traffic Barrier",
      "collision_manner": "The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport",
      "rural_urban": "Urban",
      "road_function": "Interstate",
      "intersection_type": "Not an Intersection",
      "work_zone": "None",
      "school_bus_involved": false
    }
  ]
}

Where the data comes from

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2016 to 2023 (public domain).
Freshness: Annual reload when NHTSA publishes a new year.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/stats',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

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Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

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Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Query Parameters

by(Optional)

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-traffic-fatalities.dataandapis.com/v1/crashes/stats';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});