# National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration/  
**Website:** https://www.nhtsa.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides APIs for vehicle safety information including vehicle recall data and the Product Information Catalog Vehicle Listing (vPIC) for decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) and accessing vehicle specifications submitted by manufacturers.

## Kin Score — 21.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 42.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 23.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (6)

- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Equipment API** — Equipment, parts, and Canadian vehicle specifications
- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Makes and Models API** — Endpoints for vehicle make and model information
- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Manufacturers API** — Endpoints for manufacturer and World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI) data
- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reference API** — Reference variables and value lists
- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Types API** — Endpoints related to vehicle types
- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration VIN Decoding API** — Endpoints for decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Agentic Access** — 24 operations · 1 acting

## Security (1)

- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Safety, Transportation, Vehicles

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.