U.S. Department of Transportation

NHTSA Safety API (recalls, complaints, safety ratings)

The NHTSA public safety API that powers the dynamic search applications on nhtsa.gov. Three families: /recalls for safety recalls by vehicle or campaign number, /complaints for consumer complaints filed with NHTSA (each with ODI number, crash and fire flags, injury and death counts and incident dates), and /SafetyRatings for the New Car Assessment Program 5-Star Safety Ratings walked by model year, make and model. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 — complaintsByVehicle for a 2020 Honda Accord returned 341 records and /SafetyRatings returned 37 model years. No API key. Governed by the NHTSA API Use Policy published at the base host.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa-datasets-and-apis

Other Resources

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TermsOfService
https://api.nhtsa.gov/

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-dot:nhtsa-safety-api
name: NHTSA Safety API (recalls, complaints, safety ratings)
description: 'The NHTSA public safety API that powers the dynamic search applications on nhtsa.gov. Three
  families: /recalls for safety recalls by vehicle or campaign number, /complaints for consumer complaints
  filed with NHTSA (each with ODI number, crash and fire flags, injury and death counts and incident dates),
  and /SafetyRatings for the New Car Assessment Program 5-Star Safety Ratings walked by model year, make
  and model. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 — complaintsByVehicle for a 2020 Honda Accord
  returned 341 records and /SafetyRatings returned 37 model years. No API key. Governed by the NHTSA API
  Use Policy published at the base host.'
humanURL: https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa-datasets-and-apis
baseURL: https://api.nhtsa.gov
tags:
- Automotive
- Recalls
- Safety
- Consumer Protection
- NHTSA
- Open Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa-datasets-and-apis
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://api.nhtsa.gov/