{"meta":{"dataset":"truck-crashes","title":"Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23743677","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743677","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23743676","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743677, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743677","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts of crash reports kept for research and marketing planning. A reported crash says nothing about who was at fault, and the counts leave out crashes that did not meet the federal reporting threshold. Rights and deadlines after a crash are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/truck-crashes/jurisdictions/US.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/truck-crashes/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"US","records":[{"id":"truck-crashes:US","dataset":"truck-crashes","jurisdiction":"US","county":null,"countyName":null,"stateName":null,"active_carriers":2006043,"interstate_carriers":656854,"note":"Counted once per crash report; a report coded to two states counts in each state but once here.","level":"us","year":2025,"status":"P","text":"United States: 165,292 truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA in 2025 (4,114 fatal, 61,854 with injuries, 153,268 with a vehicle towed away; 14,354 involving a bus), with 4,579 deaths and 86,273 injuries. 2016 to 2025: 1,740,118 crashes in all. Federally reportable crashes only (MCMIS crash file as of 2026-10-28; late reports can still be added).","value":165292,"unit":"crashes","crashes":165292,"fatal_crashes":4114,"injury_crashes":61854,"towaway_crashes":153268,"bus_crashes":14354,"deaths":4579,"injuries":86273,"crashes_10y":1740118,"deaths_10y":53705,"yearFields":["crashes","fatal_crashes","injury_crashes","towaway_crashes","bus_crashes","deaths","injuries"],"years":{"2016":[167005,4409,62446,156314,16745,4957,92260],"2017":[171135,4565,63510,160120,17261,5105,93464],"2018":[183433,4671,67180,171656,17884,5247,98443],"2019":[181653,4785,67702,169086,17916,5345,97968],"2020":[156063,4648,55745,146715,10151,5185,77121],"2021":[183818,5361,65293,172984,13449,6028,91467],"2022":[184463,5509,64345,173289,15171,6185,89720],"2023":[174051,5070,63112,162350,15184,5629,88710],"2024":[173205,4877,63697,160680,15699,5445,88941],"2025":[165292,4114,61854,153268,14354,4579,86273]},"effectiveFrom":"2025-01-01","effectiveTo":"2025-12-31","sources":[{"label":"FMCSA MCMIS Crash File (data.transportation.gov)","url":"https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Crash-File/aayw-vxb3","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation)","url":"https://data.transportation.gov/resource/aayw-vxb3.json","file":"MCMIS Crash File (data.transportation.gov dataset aayw-vxb3), aggregated with SoQL count(distinct report_number) by state and county","release":"2026-10-28","vintage":"2026-10-28T11:29:26Z","accessed":"2026-10-28"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 45 days; totals tie to the official file"}]}