{"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/46.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":"46","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:46","area":"46","areaName":"South Dakota","areaType":"state","state":"SD","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"South Dakota: 134 fatal crashes killed 146 people in 2024, including 9 pedestrians, 4 bicyclists and 33 motorcyclists; 30 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":134,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":134,"fatalities":146,"large_truck_crashes":30,"large_truck_deaths":32,"motorcycle_crashes":33,"motorcyclist_deaths":33,"pedestrian_crashes":8,"pedestrian_deaths":9,"bicyclist_crashes":4,"bicyclist_deaths":4,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":38,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":43,"speeding_crashes":30,"work_zone_crashes":3,"rural_crashes":108,"urban_crashes":26,"population":927110,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":14.45,"fatalities_per_100k":15.75,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":88,"fatal_crashes_2020":132,"fatal_crashes_2021":131,"fatal_crashes_2022":121,"fatal_crashes_2023":128,"fatal_crashes_2024":134,"change_pct_since_2019":52.3,"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":[88,102,14,16,14,14,7,7,1,1,27,28,21,3,71,17,884659,9.95,11.53],"2020":[132,141,23,28,26,27,14,14,0,0,47,50,37,3,102,30,887808,14.87,15.88],"2021":[131,148,19,20,21,22,14,14,0,0,44,51,31,2,108,23,896303,14.62,16.51],"2022":[121,137,25,29,13,13,11,11,2,2,39,45,39,2,94,27,909156,13.31,15.07],"2023":[128,140,23,27,28,29,15,15,0,0,36,38,31,1,102,26,917739,13.95,15.25],"2024":[134,146,30,32,33,33,8,9,4,4,38,43,30,3,108,26,927110,14.45,15.75]},"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"}]}