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NHTSA Crash API FARS API

Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries

NHTSA Crash API FARS 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 FARS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, 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.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

FARS 1

Fatality Analysis Reporting System datasets and queries

GET
/FARSData/GetFARSData
Get FARS dataset
getFARSData 3 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-fars-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NHTSA Crash API publishes across the network.

NHTSA Crash API Cases API
NHTSA Crash API Crashes API