{"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/19.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":"19","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:19","area":"19","areaName":"Iowa","areaType":"state","state":"IA","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Iowa: 324 fatal crashes killed 356 people in 2024, including 30 pedestrians, 4 bicyclists and 63 motorcyclists; 52 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":324,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":324,"fatalities":356,"large_truck_crashes":52,"large_truck_deaths":58,"motorcycle_crashes":63,"motorcyclist_deaths":63,"pedestrian_crashes":30,"pedestrian_deaths":30,"bicyclist_crashes":4,"bicyclist_deaths":4,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":113,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":119,"speeding_crashes":63,"work_zone_crashes":2,"rural_crashes":205,"urban_crashes":119,"population":3230454,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":10.03,"fatalities_per_100k":11.02,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":313,"fatal_crashes_2020":310,"fatal_crashes_2021":329,"fatal_crashes_2022":305,"fatal_crashes_2023":330,"fatal_crashes_2024":324,"change_pct_since_2019":3.5,"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":[313,336,62,69,44,44,23,21,9,9,95,102,66,9,222,91,3155070,9.92,10.65],"2020":[310,343,64,71,61,66,29,29,10,10,101,117,56,7,214,96,3191081,9.71,10.75],"2021":[329,356,62,67,65,68,30,30,11,11,114,120,77,5,227,100,3199037,10.28,11.13],"2022":[305,336,73,80,52,48,15,15,4,4,105,113,63,6,213,90,3201890,9.53,10.49],"2023":[330,379,66,80,63,64,28,29,5,5,115,137,70,9,229,101,3214739,10.27,11.79],"2024":[324,356,52,58,63,63,30,30,4,4,113,119,63,2,205,119,3230454,10.03,11.02]},"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"}]}