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NHTSA Crash API Cases API

Case list and case detail lookups

NHTSA Crash API Cases API is one of 3 APIs that NHTSA Crash API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Cases. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI.

2 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Server
https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CrashAPI
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Cases 2

Case list and case detail lookups

GET
/crashes/GetCaseList
Get case list
getCaseList 6 params → 200
GET
/crashes/GetCaseDetails
Get case details
getCaseDetails 4 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is CrashApiResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CrashApiResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nhtsa-crash-api-cases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NHTSA Crash API publishes across the network.

NHTSA Crash API Crashes API
NHTSA Crash API FARS API