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Edition: FARS 2024, annual fileNHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026Release dates

Guides to fatal crash data

Four guides to the figures of this site.

How FARS counts a fatal crashthe rule of 30 days and what the file holds
When a new year of data arriveswhy the newest year is 2024
Road function classesInterstate, arterial, collector and local roads
How to use FARS figures in a local storycounts, rates, file versions and citation

Fatal Roads

Fatal Roads is a yearbook of the fatal crash counts that NHTSA records for each county, state and signed route. Zippie publishes it. The pages give counts and rates. They give no legal, insurance or safety advice.

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This edition rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024. Population estimates: Census Bureau, vintage 2025.

Sources: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) (US government work, public domain); US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (US government work, public domain); US Census Bureau, Geography Program (gazetteer, county adjacency and cartographic boundary files) (US government work, public domain); Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (table VM-2) (US government work, public domain).