NHTSA Crash API FARS API

Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries

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OpenAPI Specification

nhtsa-crash-api-fars-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: NHTSA Crash Data Cases FARS 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: FARS
  description: Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries
paths:
  /FARSData/GetFARSData:
    get:
      operationId: getFARSData
      summary: Get FARS dataset
      description: Returns FARS dataset records for the specified case year and dataset name.
      tags:
      - FARS
      parameters:
      - name: dataset
        in: query
        required: true
        description: FARS dataset name (e.g., Accident, Vehicle, Person).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: caseYear
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Case year (YYYY).
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response format.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
          - csv
          default: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrashApiResponse'
            application/xml: {}
            text/csv: {}
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