{"meta":{"dataset":"fatal-crashes","title":"Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733739","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733738","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts from NHTSA's public crash census, kept for marketing planning. A county's count says nothing about who was at fault, and the newest year can change when NHTSA issues its final file.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-27","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/fatal-crashes/areas/10.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/fatal-crashes-by-county/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"10","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:10","area":"10","areaName":"Delaware","areaType":"state","state":"DE","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Delaware: 121 fatal crashes killed 126 people in 2024, including 28 pedestrians, 4 bicyclists and 22 motorcyclists; 12 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":121,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":121,"fatalities":126,"large_truck_crashes":12,"large_truck_deaths":12,"motorcycle_crashes":23,"motorcyclist_deaths":22,"pedestrian_crashes":28,"pedestrian_deaths":28,"bicyclist_crashes":4,"bicyclist_deaths":4,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":30,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":32,"speeding_crashes":28,"work_zone_crashes":1,"rural_crashes":49,"urban_crashes":71,"population":1050123,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":11.52,"fatalities_per_100k":12,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":122,"fatal_crashes_2020":104,"fatal_crashes_2021":132,"fatal_crashes_2022":143,"fatal_crashes_2023":128,"fatal_crashes_2024":121,"change_pct_since_2019":-0.8,"final_through":2023,"yearFields":["fatal_crashes","fatalities","large_truck_crashes","large_truck_deaths","motorcycle_crashes","motorcyclist_deaths","pedestrian_crashes","pedestrian_deaths","bicyclist_crashes","bicyclist_deaths","alcohol_impaired_crashes","alcohol_impaired_deaths","speeding_crashes","work_zone_crashes","rural_crashes","urban_crashes","population","fatal_crashes_per_100k","fatalities_per_100k"],"years":{"2019":[122,132,15,16,15,18,32,32,7,7,28,32,30,4,45,77,973764,12.53,13.56],"2020":[104,116,9,10,15,15,25,25,3,3,26,31,29,1,38,66,991890,10.49,11.69],"2021":[132,136,13,14,24,24,29,29,2,2,34,34,45,3,42,90,1005130,13.13,13.53],"2022":[143,162,20,23,20,22,31,31,6,6,45,51,46,1,55,88,1020279,14.02,15.88],"2023":[128,135,10,11,14,14,28,27,5,5,35,38,41,5,46,80,1035354,12.36,13.04],"2024":[121,126,12,12,23,22,28,28,4,4,30,32,28,1,49,71,1050123,11.52,12]},"effectiveFrom":"2024-01-01","effectiveTo":"2024-12-31","sources":[{"label":"NHTSA FARS 2024 national CSV (annual report file); 2019-2023 for the trend","url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"},{"label":"Census Bureau county population estimates (Vintage 2025, Vintage 2019) and 2020 urban-rural classification","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/totals/co-est2025-alldata.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"}],"source":{"agency":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","file":"FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","table":"accident, vehicle, person, MIDRVACC","release":"FARS 2024 annual report file; 2019-2023 final files","vintage":"FARS 2019-2024","sha256":"5112727a8c0dc91ffee27ca05bddb073934f2d192ce4fae997da767dccdbe04f","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars","accessed":"2026-10-27"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-27","note":"The newest year is NHTSA's first release and can change in the final file.","dataset":"fatal-crashes","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"}]}