{"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/33.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":"33","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:33","area":"33","areaName":"New Hampshire","areaType":"state","state":"NH","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"New Hampshire: 120 fatal crashes killed 133 people in 2024, including 10 pedestrians, 4 bicyclists and 35 motorcyclists; 13 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":120,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":120,"fatalities":133,"large_truck_crashes":13,"large_truck_deaths":14,"motorcycle_crashes":34,"motorcyclist_deaths":35,"pedestrian_crashes":10,"pedestrian_deaths":10,"bicyclist_crashes":4,"bicyclist_deaths":4,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":32,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":39,"speeding_crashes":36,"work_zone_crashes":0,"rural_crashes":66,"urban_crashes":54,"population":1408518,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":8.52,"fatalities_per_100k":9.44,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":90,"fatal_crashes_2020":98,"fatal_crashes_2021":106,"fatal_crashes_2022":137,"fatal_crashes_2023":119,"fatal_crashes_2024":120,"change_pct_since_2019":33.3,"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":[90,101,6,7,24,30,10,10,0,0,30,38,31,2,49,40,1359711,6.62,7.43],"2020":[98,104,11,12,24,25,16,16,2,2,35,38,35,3,51,45,1378752,7.11,7.54],"2021":[106,118,7,7,24,26,8,8,2,2,39,45,35,1,53,52,1387907,7.64,8.5],"2022":[137,146,16,17,32,32,16,16,3,3,49,52,48,0,74,63,1396647,9.81,10.45],"2023":[119,127,10,12,38,41,15,14,1,1,33,34,27,0,62,57,1401530,8.49,9.06],"2024":[120,133,13,14,34,35,10,10,4,4,32,39,36,0,66,54,1408518,8.52,9.44]},"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"}]}