{"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/39.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":"39","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:39","area":"39","areaName":"Ohio","areaType":"state","state":"OH","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Ohio: 1,077 fatal crashes killed 1,157 people in 2024, including 122 pedestrians, 24 bicyclists and 222 motorcyclists; 153 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":1077,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":1077,"fatalities":1157,"large_truck_crashes":153,"large_truck_deaths":174,"motorcycle_crashes":218,"motorcyclist_deaths":222,"pedestrian_crashes":121,"pedestrian_deaths":122,"bicyclist_crashes":24,"bicyclist_deaths":24,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":390,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":424,"speeding_crashes":181,"work_zone_crashes":23,"rural_crashes":452,"urban_crashes":622,"population":11860621,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":9.08,"fatalities_per_100k":9.75,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":1039,"fatal_crashes_2020":1154,"fatal_crashes_2021":1242,"fatal_crashes_2022":1179,"fatal_crashes_2023":1150,"fatal_crashes_2024":1077,"change_pct_since_2019":3.7,"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":[1039,1153,152,172,157,162,125,124,25,25,325,362,291,18,467,566,11689100,8.89,9.86],"2020":[1154,1230,130,150,204,211,161,159,18,18,434,460,315,18,437,685,11798534,9.78,10.43],"2021":[1242,1354,192,221,218,226,165,168,30,30,487,527,309,24,473,757,11761443,10.56,11.51],"2022":[1179,1274,188,212,209,215,159,160,8,8,445,479,242,21,495,679,11764950,10.02,10.83],"2023":[1150,1242,148,167,234,240,144,145,22,22,421,454,238,10,433,714,11808390,9.74,10.52],"2024":[1077,1157,153,174,218,222,121,122,24,24,390,424,181,23,452,622,11860621,9.08,9.75]},"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"}]}