{"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/55.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":"55","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:55","area":"55","areaName":"Wisconsin","areaType":"state","state":"WI","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Wisconsin: 529 fatal crashes killed 595 people in 2024, including 58 pedestrians, 8 bicyclists and 106 motorcyclists; 69 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":529,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":529,"fatalities":595,"large_truck_crashes":69,"large_truck_deaths":89,"motorcycle_crashes":103,"motorcyclist_deaths":106,"pedestrian_crashes":57,"pedestrian_deaths":58,"bicyclist_crashes":8,"bicyclist_deaths":8,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":172,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":197,"speeding_crashes":164,"work_zone_crashes":9,"rural_crashes":300,"urban_crashes":229,"population":5957168,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":8.88,"fatalities_per_100k":9.99,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":527,"fatal_crashes_2020":559,"fatal_crashes_2021":572,"fatal_crashes_2022":556,"fatal_crashes_2023":533,"fatal_crashes_2024":529,"change_pct_since_2019":0.4,"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":[527,567,61,69,84,85,58,59,14,14,171,186,155,19,341,180,5822434,9.05,9.74],"2020":[559,612,59,69,113,116,50,50,12,12,189,208,186,15,343,213,5897371,9.48,10.38],"2021":[572,620,93,105,118,123,47,48,9,9,184,197,186,12,382,188,5882128,9.72,10.54],"2022":[556,604,76,90,80,82,73,72,14,14,156,172,166,8,310,246,5903472,9.42,10.23],"2023":[533,586,74,85,102,104,61,60,8,8,168,187,162,9,316,217,5930350,8.99,9.88],"2024":[529,595,69,89,103,106,57,58,8,8,172,197,164,9,300,229,5957168,8.88,9.99]},"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"}]}