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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NHTSA Crash Data Cases Crashes API
  description: The NHTSA Crash Data API provides public access to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash datasets including the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). The API exposes case lists, case details, and aggregated crash queries by location, vehicle, and occupant via REST endpoints that return JSON, XML, or CSV.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: NHTSA
    url: https://www.nhtsa.gov/contact
  license:
    name: U.S. Government Public Domain
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Crashes
  description: Crash queries by location, vehicle, and occupant
paths:
  /crashes/GetCrashesByLocation:
    get:
      operationId: getCrashesByLocation
      summary: Get crashes by location
      description: Returns crashes filtered by state, year range, and county.
      tags:
      - Crashes
      parameters:
      - name: fromCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: toCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: true
        description: State FIPS code.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: county
        in: query
        required: false
        description: County FIPS code.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
          - csv
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrashApiResponse'
  /crashes/GetCrashesByVehicle:
    get:
      operationId: getCrashesByVehicle
      summary: Get crashes by vehicle
      description: Returns crashes filtered by vehicle make, model, and body type for a given year range.
      tags:
      - Crashes
      parameters:
      - name: fromCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: toCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: vPicMake
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: vPicModel
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: vPicBodyClass
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
          - csv
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrashApiResponse'
  /crashes/GetCrashesByOccupant:
    get:
      operationId: getCrashesByOccupant
      summary: Get crashes by occupant
      description: Returns crashes filtered by occupant age, sex, and seat position for a given year range.
      tags:
      - Crashes
      parameters:
      - name: fromCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: toCaseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: minAge
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: maxAge
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: sex
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: seatPos
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
          - csv
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrashApiResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CrashApiResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records returned.
        Message:
          type: string
        Results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
externalDocs:
  description: NHTSA Crash API Documentation
  url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI