National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reference API

Reference variables and value lists

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

📖

Documentation

https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/

Specifications

⚙

OpenAPI

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration/refs/heads/main/openapi/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference-api-openapi.yml

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this

find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

All 92 tools

Call it yourself

curl for this page

This API

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference-api"

All apis

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no email required.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NHTSA vPIC Vehicle Equipment Reference API
  description: The NHTSA Product Information Catalog Vehicle Listing (vPIC) API provides endpoints to gather information on vehicles and their specifications, including decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), accessing manufacturer details, and retrieving make, model, and equipment data. The vPIC dataset is populated using information submitted by motor vehicle manufacturers through the Part 565 submittals.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: NHTSA
    url: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles
  description: NHTSA vPIC API production server
tags:
- name: Reference
  description: Reference variables and value lists
paths:
  /GetVehicleVariableList:
    get:
      tags:
      - Reference
      summary: Get list of vehicle variables
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vehicle variable list
  /GetVehicleVariableValuesList/{variable}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Reference
      summary: Get values for a vehicle variable
      parameters:
      - name: variable
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Variable values list
components:
  parameters:
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: Response format.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - xml
        - csv
        default: xml