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FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

A source card for the official NHTSA 2024 Fatality Analysis Reporting System national CSV package. This is the raw federal dataset Daily Driver Advocate uses for 2024 fatal crash counts, fatality statistics, state rankings, and drunk-driving analysis.1,2,3,4

Official Source

Download from NHTSA rather than from a third-party mirror when reproducing this file.

Download from NHTSA

File Identity

FARS2024NationalCSV.zip is the 2024 national CSV package for NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States, and the national CSV package is the machine-readable version used for reproducible analysis.1,2,3

Official file name
FARS2024NationalCSV.zip
Issuing agency
NHTSA / U.S. Department of Transportation
Coverage year
2024
Format
ZIP package containing CSV tables
File size checked
32,672,161 bytes
Official file last modified
April 1, 2026

What the Package Contains

The ZIP contains separate CSV tables for crash-level, person-level, vehicle-level, and factor-level records. Most Daily Driver Advocate summary statistics start with accident.csv for crash records and person.csv for fatality details, then join other tables only when a narrower analysis requires them.3,4

CSV fileCommon use on this site
accident.csvCrash-level table used for fatal crash counts, crash dates, state codes, road context, weather, and total fatalities.
person.csvPerson-level table used for fatality demographics, person type, injury severity, BAC analysis, and occupant/non-occupant counts.
vehicle.csvVehicle-level table used for vehicle body type, model year, travel speed, driver linkage, and related vehicle factors.
drugs.csvDrug-test detail table used only when a page explicitly analyzes drug-related fields and their limitations.
weather.csvSupplemental weather-event table used with crash-level records when a report needs more granular weather context.
Show all CSV files observed in the 2024 national package
accident.csvcevent.csvcrashrf.csvdamage.csvdistract.csvdrimpair.csvdriverrf.csvdrugs.csvfactor.csvmaneuver.csvMIACC.CSVMIDRVACC.CSVMIPER.CSVnmcrash.csvnmdistract.csvnmimpair.csvnmprior.csvparkwork.csvpbtype.csvperson.csvpersonrf.csvpvehiclesf.csvrace.csvsafetyeq.csvvehicle.csvvehiclesf.csvvevent.csvviolatn.csvvision.csvvpicdecode.csvvpictrailerdecode.csvvsoe.csvweather.csv

How Daily Driver Advocate Uses It

Daily Driver Advocate uses the official national CSV package as a primary source, then publishes derived summaries so readers can inspect the result without downloading a large federal ZIP file. For state rates, the FARS crash and fatality counts are paired with Census population denominators on the relevant statistics pages.1,3

Fatal Crash Statistics & Facts

Plain-English national factsheet built from the 2024 FARS national CSV package and historical FARS series.

Open report

Fatal Car Accidents by State

State map and ranking table using 2024 FARS crash counts and Census population denominators.

Open report

Drunk Driving Statistics

Alcohol-impaired fatal-crash analysis using FARS crash and person records.

Open report

Common Research Uses

This file is useful when a researcher needs the official record behind U.S. fatal traffic crash statistics rather than a secondary summary or news report.1,3,4

Count U.S. fatal traffic crashes by state, month, county, roadway context, or year.

Separate fatal crash events from people killed in those crashes.

Build state rankings when paired with Census population estimates.

Analyze person-level details such as age band, person type, BAC coding, and restraint use.

Reproduce Daily Driver Advocate fatal-crash and drunk-driving statistics pages from primary federal data.

Important Limitations

This page is a source card for an official federal dataset. It is not a government page, legal advice, crash investigation service, or substitute for the NHTSA file and manuals.

  • FARS covers fatal crashes only. It is not a count of all crashes, injury-only crashes, property-damage claims, or insurance losses.
  • A crash must involve a motor vehicle on a public trafficway and result in a death within 30 days to be included.
  • The national CSV package is not pre-aggregated by state. State totals must be derived from fields such as STATE and FATALS in accident.csv.
  • Population-adjusted rates require a separate denominator source, such as Census state population estimates.

Suggested Citation

For the raw dataset, cite NHTSA as the issuing agency and link to the official file. For this explanatory card, cite Daily Driver Advocate as the independent research project that documented the source.

Raw Dataset Citation

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2024 national CSV package. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

Primary Source Directory

  1. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) overview
    Issuing authority: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Direct URL: https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
  2. FARS 2024 file download directory
    Issuing authority: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Direct URL: https://www.nhtsa.gov/file-downloads?p=nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/
  3. FARS2024NationalCSV.zip official download
    Issuing authority: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Direct URL: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip
  4. Links for FARS manuals
    Issuing authority: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    Direct URL: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/Links%20for%20FARS%20Manuals.pdf