{"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/49.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":"49","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:49","area":"49","areaName":"Utah","areaType":"state","state":"UT","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Utah: 251 fatal crashes killed 277 people in 2024, including 42 pedestrians, 8 bicyclists and 53 motorcyclists; 42 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":251,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":251,"fatalities":277,"large_truck_crashes":42,"large_truck_deaths":50,"motorcycle_crashes":53,"motorcyclist_deaths":53,"pedestrian_crashes":41,"pedestrian_deaths":42,"bicyclist_crashes":8,"bicyclist_deaths":8,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":67,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":73,"speeding_crashes":77,"work_zone_crashes":1,"rural_crashes":116,"urban_crashes":133,"population":3502983,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":7.17,"fatalities_per_100k":7.91,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":225,"fatal_crashes_2020":256,"fatal_crashes_2021":297,"fatal_crashes_2022":296,"fatal_crashes_2023":251,"fatal_crashes_2024":251,"change_pct_since_2019":11.6,"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":[225,248,41,43,35,34,38,38,6,6,36,38,57,13,97,127,3205958,7.02,7.74],"2020":[256,276,36,40,44,44,33,33,8,8,57,60,66,9,102,154,3283970,7.8,8.4],"2021":[297,332,56,67,40,40,43,43,6,6,69,78,91,8,121,176,3339874,8.89,9.94],"2022":[296,319,50,51,49,50,43,45,14,15,64,73,102,8,102,194,3393928,8.72,9.4],"2023":[251,280,54,63,41,42,39,38,9,9,55,63,80,5,98,153,3449259,7.28,8.12],"2024":[251,277,42,50,53,53,41,42,8,8,67,73,77,1,116,133,3502983,7.17,7.91]},"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"}]}