{"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/15.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":"15","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:15","area":"15","areaName":"Hawaii","areaType":"state","state":"HI","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Hawaii: 97 fatal crashes killed 102 people in 2024, including 35 pedestrians, 7 bicyclists and 26 motorcyclists; 2 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":97,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":97,"fatalities":102,"large_truck_crashes":2,"large_truck_deaths":2,"motorcycle_crashes":27,"motorcyclist_deaths":26,"pedestrian_crashes":35,"pedestrian_deaths":35,"bicyclist_crashes":6,"bicyclist_deaths":7,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":32,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":34,"speeding_crashes":40,"work_zone_crashes":0,"rural_crashes":12,"urban_crashes":85,"population":1434952,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":6.76,"fatalities_per_100k":7.11,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":102,"fatal_crashes_2020":81,"fatal_crashes_2021":94,"fatal_crashes_2022":111,"fatal_crashes_2023":88,"fatal_crashes_2024":97,"change_pct_since_2019":-4.9,"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":[102,108,3,3,20,20,34,36,5,4,31,36,48,2,21,80,1415872,7.2,7.63],"2020":[81,85,6,6,19,18,22,21,4,4,26,28,33,3,12,69,1451130,5.58,5.86],"2021":[94,94,7,7,34,33,25,25,4,4,28,28,45,3,19,73,1446909,6.5,6.5],"2022":[111,116,7,7,33,33,29,28,7,7,34,36,43,1,12,98,1437812,7.72,8.07],"2023":[88,93,3,3,27,27,22,22,8,8,35,38,49,0,7,80,1434950,6.13,6.48],"2024":[97,102,2,2,27,26,35,35,6,7,32,34,40,0,12,85,1434952,6.76,7.11]},"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"}]}