{"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/35.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":"35","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:35","area":"35","areaName":"New Mexico","areaType":"state","state":"NM","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"New Mexico: 378 fatal crashes killed 409 people in 2024, including 90 pedestrians, 6 bicyclists and 50 motorcyclists; 76 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":378,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":378,"fatalities":409,"large_truck_crashes":76,"large_truck_deaths":85,"motorcycle_crashes":51,"motorcyclist_deaths":50,"pedestrian_crashes":90,"pedestrian_deaths":90,"bicyclist_crashes":6,"bicyclist_deaths":6,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":107,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":115,"speeding_crashes":135,"work_zone_crashes":13,"rural_crashes":235,"urban_crashes":143,"population":2126774,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":17.77,"fatalities_per_100k":19.23,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":369,"fatal_crashes_2020":365,"fatal_crashes_2021":429,"fatal_crashes_2022":419,"fatal_crashes_2023":405,"fatal_crashes_2024":378,"change_pct_since_2019":2.4,"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":[369,425,62,78,52,55,83,83,9,9,103,125,130,9,194,175,2096829,17.6,20.27],"2020":[365,398,46,51,46,46,78,79,8,8,119,130,143,8,186,176,2118446,17.23,18.79],"2021":[429,483,75,89,55,54,101,102,6,6,136,156,158,10,217,209,2117300,20.26,22.81],"2022":[419,466,77,91,54,54,92,93,4,4,131,148,157,6,232,186,2112859,19.83,22.06],"2023":[405,440,93,99,53,55,104,105,12,12,107,120,121,8,207,198,2119349,19.11,20.76],"2024":[378,409,76,85,51,50,90,90,6,6,107,115,135,13,235,143,2126774,17.77,19.23]},"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"}]}