{"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/27.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":"27","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:27","area":"27","areaName":"Minnesota","areaType":"state","state":"MN","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Minnesota: 431 fatal crashes killed 477 people in 2024, including 57 pedestrians, 7 bicyclists and 75 motorcyclists; 70 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":431,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":431,"fatalities":477,"large_truck_crashes":70,"large_truck_deaths":81,"motorcycle_crashes":72,"motorcyclist_deaths":75,"pedestrian_crashes":57,"pedestrian_deaths":57,"bicyclist_crashes":7,"bicyclist_deaths":7,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":101,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":109,"speeding_crashes":125,"work_zone_crashes":8,"rural_crashes":245,"urban_crashes":170,"population":5797405,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":7.43,"fatalities_per_100k":8.23,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":333,"fatal_crashes_2020":369,"fatal_crashes_2021":451,"fatal_crashes_2022":418,"fatal_crashes_2023":364,"fatal_crashes_2024":431,"change_pct_since_2019":29.4,"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":[333,364,51,58,45,46,46,47,11,11,79,85,74,11,189,143,5639632,5.9,6.45],"2020":[369,394,53,59,66,66,45,45,11,10,99,108,112,9,224,144,5710562,6.46,6.9],"2021":[451,488,77,84,68,69,50,50,9,9,126,137,146,9,241,209,5714055,7.89,8.54],"2022":[418,444,71,77,80,82,42,43,6,6,126,136,120,9,222,194,5727565,7.3,7.75],"2023":[364,402,65,71,65,69,39,39,6,6,89,99,104,10,204,159,5752998,6.33,6.99],"2024":[431,477,70,81,72,75,57,57,7,7,101,109,125,8,245,170,5797405,7.43,8.23]},"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"}]}