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NHTSA Crash API

The NHTSA Crash Data API provides access to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's crash data including crash reports, vehicle information, and safety statistics collected through the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).

NHTSA Crash API publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Cases API, Crashes API, and FARS API. Tagged areas include Crash Data, Government, NHTSA, Traffic Safety, and Transportation.

NHTSA Crash API’s developer surface includes documentation, support, and 3 more developer resources.

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30.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
3 APIs
Crash DataGovernmentNHTSATraffic SafetyTransportation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 30.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

NHTSA Crash API Cases API

Case list and case detail lookups

NHTSA Crash API Crashes API

Crash queries by location, vehicle, and occupant

NHTSA Crash API FARS API

Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

NHTSA Crash Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Nhtsa Crash Api Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nhtsa Crash Api Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Nhtsa Crash Api Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nhtsa Crash Api Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Nhtsa Crash Api Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nhtsa-crash-api
name: NHTSA Crash API
description: The NHTSA Crash Data API provides access to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's crash data including
  crash reports, vehicle information, and safety statistics collected through the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
  and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nhtsa-crash-api.png
tags:
- Crash Data
- Government
- NHTSA
- Traffic Safety
- Transportation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nhtsa-crash-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: nhtsa-crash-api:nhtsa-crash-api-cases-api
  name: NHTSA Crash API Cases API
  description: Case list and case detail lookups
  humanURL: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
  tags:
  - Cases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nhtsa-crash-api-cases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
- aid: nhtsa-crash-api:nhtsa-crash-api-crashes-api
  name: NHTSA Crash API Crashes API
  description: Crash queries by location, vehicle, and occupant
  humanURL: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
  tags:
  - Crashes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nhtsa-crash-api-crashes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
- aid: nhtsa-crash-api:nhtsa-crash-api-fars-api
  name: NHTSA Crash API FARS API
  description: Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries
  humanURL: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
  tags:
  - FARS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nhtsa-crash-api-fars-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nhtsa-crash-api-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nhtsa-crash-api-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nhtsa.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
- type: Support
  url: https://www.nhtsa.gov/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com