{"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/53.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":"53","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:53","area":"53","areaName":"Washington","areaType":"state","state":"WA","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Washington: 674 fatal crashes killed 730 people in 2024, including 152 pedestrians, 12 bicyclists and 113 motorcyclists; 69 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":674,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":674,"fatalities":730,"large_truck_crashes":69,"large_truck_deaths":76,"motorcycle_crashes":111,"motorcyclist_deaths":113,"pedestrian_crashes":151,"pedestrian_deaths":152,"bicyclist_crashes":12,"bicyclist_deaths":12,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":212,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":239,"speeding_crashes":222,"work_zone_crashes":6,"rural_crashes":263,"urban_crashes":400,"population":7927958,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":8.5,"fatalities_per_100k":9.21,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":513,"fatal_crashes_2020":539,"fatal_crashes_2021":607,"fatal_crashes_2022":701,"fatal_crashes_2023":732,"fatal_crashes_2024":674,"change_pct_since_2019":31.4,"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":[513,538,72,77,93,95,101,102,10,9,175,181,145,7,220,289,7614893,6.74,7.07],"2020":[539,574,55,66,93,93,104,105,13,12,200,212,162,6,232,305,7726812,6.98,7.43],"2021":[607,674,82,92,92,92,141,143,14,14,236,261,185,5,229,375,7744316,7.84,8.7],"2022":[701,743,82,87,131,133,131,131,11,11,248,266,234,5,283,410,7786828,9,9.54],"2023":[732,809,70,81,139,142,149,151,17,17,256,290,240,9,285,437,7838655,9.34,10.32],"2024":[674,730,69,76,111,113,151,152,12,12,212,239,222,6,263,400,7927958,8.5,9.21]},"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"}]}