{"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/16.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":"16","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:16","area":"16","areaName":"Idaho","areaType":"state","state":"ID","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Idaho: 219 fatal crashes killed 238 people in 2024, including 14 pedestrians, 3 bicyclists and 47 motorcyclists; 43 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":219,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":219,"fatalities":238,"large_truck_crashes":43,"large_truck_deaths":46,"motorcycle_crashes":44,"motorcyclist_deaths":47,"pedestrian_crashes":14,"pedestrian_deaths":14,"bicyclist_crashes":3,"bicyclist_deaths":3,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":66,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":72,"speeding_crashes":55,"work_zone_crashes":6,"rural_crashes":167,"urban_crashes":52,"population":2000872,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":10.95,"fatalities_per_100k":11.89,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":201,"fatal_crashes_2020":188,"fatal_crashes_2021":246,"fatal_crashes_2022":194,"fatal_crashes_2023":242,"fatal_crashes_2024":219,"change_pct_since_2019":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":[201,224,39,44,24,25,11,12,4,4,65,69,45,4,150,50,1787065,11.25,12.53],"2020":[188,214,44,52,27,27,14,14,3,3,51,61,49,2,143,45,1849328,10.17,11.57],"2021":[246,273,41,46,32,32,21,21,3,3,77,84,55,7,166,79,1904855,12.91,14.33],"2022":[194,215,29,38,25,27,16,16,3,4,60,69,43,2,146,48,1942951,9.98,11.07],"2023":[242,275,49,62,39,39,31,31,7,7,56,62,53,4,165,77,1970497,12.28,13.96],"2024":[219,238,43,46,44,47,14,14,3,3,66,72,55,6,167,52,2000872,10.95,11.89]},"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"}]}