Crashworthiness

• Test data obtained from the crashworthiness and rollover tests are used to generate safety ratings for each vehicle, which are included on a label required to be placed on each new vehicle at the point of sale. A rating of five stars indicates the highest safety rating, whereas a one star indicates the lowest rating.

Crash Avoidance

• Data collected from the program’s crash avoidance tests are used to provide safety technology recommendations based on system performance. 

The star ratings information and safety technology recommendations provide consumers with important vehicle safety information to help them make informed purchasing decisions. All tests are conducted under controlled conditions at laboratories contracted by NHTSA. 

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Transportation
Sub-Agency/Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Category: 23, Transportation
Date Released: January 5, 2010
Time Period: 1990 to present
Frequency: Annual

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw data
Specialized Data Category Designation: Research
Keywords: New, Car, Assessment, Program, NCAP, Five, 5, Star, Safety, Rating, Ratings
Unique ID: 5

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: Vehicles
Granularity: N/A
Geographic Coverage: N/A

Dataset Quality

Data Quality Certification: No
Privacy and Confidentiality: No
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Approach A. Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Step 1: Get available vehicle variants for a selected Model Year, Make and Model

Make the request to get the crash tested vehicle variants for the Model Year, Make and Model combination.

• /SafetyRatings/modelyear/2013/make/Acura/model/rdx

Response Fields: Response is a list of vehicle variants for Model Year, Make and Model with their Vehicle Id and description of the variant.

Working Sample: JSON

Step 2: Get the Safety Ratings for the selected variant    

Now that you have the Vehicle Id of the precise model that you to look up, go ahead and make the request to get the Safety Ratings for the required vehicle variant by passing in the Vehicle Id.

• /SafetyRatings/VehicleId/7520

Response Fields: Response is a list of Safety Ratings for the given vehicle variant.

Working Sample: JSON

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Approach B. Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Step 1: Get all Model Years

Request a list of available Model Years for a given product type (Vehicle).

• /SafetyRatings

Response Fields: Response is a list of available Model Years in the repository. Use a Model Year from this list to use in the next step.

Working Sample: JSON

Step 2: Get all Makes for the Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Makes by providing a specific vehicle Model Year.

• /SafetyRatings/modelyear/2013

Response Fields: Response is a list of vehicle Makes for that Model Year. Use the Model Year and a Make from this list to use in the next step.

Working Sample: JSON

Step 3: Get all Model for the Make and Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Models by providing the vehicle Model Year and Make.

• /SafetyRatings/modelyear/2013/make/Acura

Response Fields:  Response is a list of Safety Ratings for the given Model Year, Make and Model

Working Sample: JSON

Step 4: Get available vehicle variants for a selected Model Year, Make and Model

Make the request to get the crash tested vehicle variants for the Model Year, Make and Model combination.

• /SafetyRatings/modelyear/2013/make/Acura/model/rdx

Response Fields: Response is a list of vehicle variants for Model Year, Make and Model with their Vehicle Id and description of the variant.

Working Sample: JSON

Step 5: Get the Safety Ratings for the selected variant

Now that you have the Vehicle Id of the precise model that you to look up, go ahead and make the request to get the Safety Ratings for the required vehicle variant by passing in the Vehicle Id.

• /SafetyRatings/VehicleId/7520

Response Fields: Response is a list of Safety Ratings for the given vehicle variant.

Working Sample: JSON

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Notes

Color codes to understand each part of the request URL:

• Red: Method Name
• Green: Applicable parameters

Request parameters and method names are case-sensitive.

Select a file below to download.

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Transportation
Sub-Agency/Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Category: 23, Transportation
Date Released: December 16, 2002
Time Period: 1949 to present
Frequency: Daily

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw data
Specialized Data Category Designation: Research
Keywords: Phone, Paper, Email
Unique ID: 83

Contributing Agency Information

Citation: N/A
Agency Program Page: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
Agency Data Series Page: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/FLAT_RCL.zip

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: Vehicles, Tires, Child Safety Seats, Equipment
Granularity: United States
Geographic Coverage: N/A

Data Description

Collection Mode: N/A
Data Collection Instrument: N/A
Data Dictionary/Variable List: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/RCL.txt

Dataset Quality

Data Quality Certification: Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality: Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/rcl/Import_Instructions_Recalls.pdf
Additional Metadata: N/A

Approach A: Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Make the request to get the recalls for the required combination of Model Year, Make and Model.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make={MAKE}&model={MODEL}&modelYear={MODEL_YR}
• Example:https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make=acura&model=rdx&modelYear=2012

Response Fields: Response is a list of recalls for the given Model Year, Make and Model.

Working Sample: JSON

 

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Approach B: Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Step 1: Get all Model Years

Request a list of available Model Years for a given product type (Vehicle).

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/modelYears?issueType=r
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/modelYears?issueType=r 

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 2: Get all Makes for the Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Makes by providing a specific vehicle Model Year.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicles/makes?modelYear={year}&issueType=r
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/makes?modelYear=2021&issueType=r

Response Fields: Response is a list of vehicle Makes for that Model Year. Use the Model Year and a Make from this list to use in the next step.

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 3: Get all Model for the Make and Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Models by providing the vehicle Model Year and Make.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/models?modelYear={year}&make={make}&issueType=r
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/models?modelYear=2010&make=acura&issueType=r

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 4 : Get all Recalls for the selected Model Year, Make, Model

Now that you have all three key pieces of information (Model Year, Make, Model), go ahead and make the request to get the recalls for the required combination.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make={MAKE}&model={MODEL}&modelYear={MODEL_YR}
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle?make=acura&model=rdx&modelYear=2012

Response Fields: Response is a list of recalls for the given Model Year, Make and Model.

Working Sample: JSON

 

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Approach C. Get by NHTSA Campaign Number

Get all recalls as part of a NHTSA recall campaign number

Request a list of recalls by providing the NHTSA recall campaign number

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber ={campaignNumber}
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=12V176000

Response Fields: Response is a list of recalls for the specified NHTSA recall campaign number.

Working Sample: JSON

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Notes

Color codes to understand each part of the request URL:

• Red: Method Name
• Green: Applicable parameters

Request parameters and method names are case sensitive

View recalls by manufacturer interactive dashboard.

Select the .zip file for the desired database to download and extract the data. See the corresponding.txt file for a description of the file layout. All times shown are Eastern Time (ET).

Select the .zip file for the desired database to download and extract the data. See the corresponding.txt file for a description of the file layout. All times shown are Eastern Time (ET).

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Transportation
Sub-Agency/Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Category: 23, Transportation
Date Released: December 16, 2002
Time Period: 1949 to present
Frequency: Daily

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw data
Specialized Data Category Designation: Enforcement
Keywords: Phone, Paper, Email
Unique ID: 81

Contributing Agency Information

Citation: N/A
Agency Program Page: https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem
Agency Data Series Page: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/cmpl/FLAT_CMPL.zip

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: Vehicles, Tires, Child Safety Seats, Equipment
Granularity: United States
Geographic Coverage: N/A

Data Description

Collection Mode: Web, Phone
Data Collection Instrument: N/A
Data Dictionary/Variable List: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/cmpl/CMPL.txt

Dataset Quality

Data Quality Certification: Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality: Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/cmpl/Import_Instructions_Excel_All.pdf

Additional Metadata: N/A

Approach A: Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Make the request to get the complaints for the required combination of Model Year, Make and Model.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/complaintsByVehicle?make={MAKE}&model={MODEL}&modelYear={MODEL_YR}
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/complaintsByVehicle?make=acura&model=rdx&modelYear=2012

Response Fields: Response is a list of complaints for the given Model Year, Make and Model

Working Sample: JSON

 

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Approach B: Get by Model Year, Make, Model

Step 1: Get all Model Years    

Request a list of available Model Years for a given product type (Vehicle).

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/modelYears?issueType=c
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/modelYears?issueType=c

Response Fields: Response is a list of available Model Years in the repository. Use a Model Year from this list to use in the next step. 

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 2: Get all Makes for the Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Makes by providing a specific vehicle Model Year.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/makes?modelYear={year}&issueType=c
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/makes?modelYear=2021&issueType=c

Response Fields: Response is a list of vehicle Makes for that Model Year. Use the Model Year and a Make from this list to use in the next step.

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 3: Get all Models for the Make and Model Year

Request a list of vehicle Models by providing the vehicle Model Year and Make.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/models?modelYear={year}&make={make}&issueType=c
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/products/vehicle/models?modelYear=2010&make=acura&issueType=c

Working Sample: JSON

 

Step 4: Get all complaints for the selected Model Year, Make, Model    

Now that you have all three key pieces of information (Model Year, Make, Model), make the request to get the complaints for the required combination.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/complaintsByVehicle?make={MAKE}&model={MODEL}&modelYear={MODEL_YR}
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/complaintsByVehicle?make=acura&model=rdx&modelYear=2012

Response Fields: Response is a list of complaints for the given Model Year, Make and Model 

Working Sample: JSON

 

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Approach C: Get by ODI Number

Request a list of complaints by providing ODI number.

• Syntax: api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber={odinumber}
• Example: https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11184030

Response Fields: Response is a list of complaints for the specified ODI number.

Working Sample: JSON

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Notes

Color codes to understand each part of the request URL:

• Red: Method Name
• Green: Applicable parameters

Request parameters and method names are case sensitive

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Select the .zip file for the desired database to download and extract the data. See the corresponding.txt file for a description of the file layout. All times shown are Eastern Time (ET). 

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Transportation
Sub-Agency/Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Category: 23, Transportation
Date Released: November 5, 2021
Time Period: Current
Frequency: Annual

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw data
Specialized Data Category Designation: Research
Keywords: Child Seat, Safety, Inspection, Stations, Station
Unique ID: 80

Contributing Agency Information 

Agency program page: www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/car-seats-and-booster-seats#installation-help-inspection

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: N/A
Granularity: Nationwide, including Territories
Geographic Coverage: Zip, State, Geo Coordinates

Dataset Quality

Data Quality Certification: No
Privacy and Confidentiality: No
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Approach A. Get by ZIP Code

Make the request with a ZIP code to get the list of CSSIStations at the specific ZIP code only (nearby ZIP codes are not included).

• /CSSIStation/zip/63640

Response Fields: Response is a list of CSSIStations for a given ZIP code.

Working Sample: JSON

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Approach B. Get by State

Make the request with the state abbreviation to get the list of CSSIStations in that state only.

• /api/CSSIStation/state/NV

Response Fields: Response is a list of CSSIStations in a given state.

Working Sample: JSON

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Approach C. Get by Geo Location

Make the request with an interested latitude and longitude location along with the miles nearby to look out for CSSIStations.

• /CSSIStation?lat=30.1783&long=-96.3911&miles=50

Response Fields: Response is a list of CSSIStations nearby the interested geographical location spotted by its latitude and longitude.

Working Sample: JSON

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Filters. Optional Filters

Filter 1: Filter by Spanish-Speaking Stations

Make the request with a ZIP code/state/geographical location to get the list of CSSIStations filtered by spanish speaking (attach string - /lang/spanish) and stations participating in CPSWeek event (attach string - /cpsweek). Below filters in the request string are optional, either one/none OR both can be sent in.

• /CSSIStation/zip/67951/lang/spanish

Response Fields: Response is a list of CSSIStations for a given ZIP code applying the respective filter.

Working Sample: JSON

Filter 2: Filter by Stations participating in CPS Week

Make the request with a ZIP code/state/geographical location to get the list of CSSIStations filtered by stations participating in CPSWeek event (attach string - /cpsweek). Below filters in the request string are optional, either one/none OR both can be sent in.

• /CSSIStation/zip/37066/cpsweek

Response Fields: Response is a list of CSSI Stations for a given ZIP code applying the respective filter.

Working Sample: JSON

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Notes

Color codes to understand each part of the request URL:

• Red: Method Name
• Green: Applicable parameters
• Orange: Extended parameters 

Request parameters and method names are case-sensitive.