# NHTSA Crash API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nhtsa-crash-api/  
**Website:** https://www.nhtsa.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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).

## Kin Score — 21.5 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 51.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

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

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (3)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nhtsa Crash Api Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (1)

- **Nhtsa Crash Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Nhtsa Crash Api Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Crash Data, Government, NHTSA, Traffic Safety, Transportation

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