{"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/47.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":"47","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:47","area":"47","areaName":"Tennessee","areaType":"state","state":"TN","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Tennessee: 1,093 fatal crashes killed 1,197 people in 2024, including 158 pedestrians, 9 bicyclists and 188 motorcyclists; 158 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":1093,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":1093,"fatalities":1197,"large_truck_crashes":158,"large_truck_deaths":172,"motorcycle_crashes":184,"motorcyclist_deaths":188,"pedestrian_crashes":159,"pedestrian_deaths":158,"bicyclist_crashes":9,"bicyclist_deaths":9,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":292,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":332,"speeding_crashes":190,"work_zone_crashes":17,"rural_crashes":442,"urban_crashes":650,"population":7251291,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":15.07,"fatalities_per_100k":16.51,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":1041,"fatal_crashes_2020":1119,"fatal_crashes_2021":1229,"fatal_crashes_2022":1214,"fatal_crashes_2023":1219,"fatal_crashes_2024":1093,"change_pct_since_2019":5,"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":[1041,1136,136,151,151,155,148,148,7,7,262,289,154,20,456,584,6829174,15.24,16.63],"2020":[1119,1217,152,179,150,151,170,172,13,13,298,325,171,18,467,652,6927736,16.15,17.57],"2021":[1229,1327,167,180,163,169,172,177,6,6,322,350,200,27,488,741,6966687,17.64,19.05],"2022":[1214,1313,142,155,149,153,210,209,15,15,326,361,190,22,492,722,7063325,17.19,18.59],"2023":[1219,1323,136,154,203,203,183,186,11,11,328,370,236,19,462,756,7153029,17.04,18.5],"2024":[1093,1197,158,172,184,188,159,158,9,9,292,332,190,17,442,650,7251291,15.07,16.51]},"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"}]}