claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-recalls

---
license: other
license_name: public-domain
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
- tabular-regression
tags:
- vehicles
- safety
- recalls
- automotive
- united-states
pretty_name: NHTSA Vehicle Recalls 1967-Present
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# NHTSA Vehicle Recalls 1967–Present

Every NHTSA safety-related defect and compliance recall campaign since 1967 —
cleaned, structured, and ready for analysis. Covers vehicles, equipment, child
restraints, and tires with defect summaries, corrective actions, and
manufacturer details.

**This repository contains a 1,000-row sample (Public Domain).**
Full dataset (CSV + Parquet) available at [claritystorm.com/datasets/nhtsa-recalls](https://claritystorm.com/datasets/nhtsa-recalls).

## Quick Start

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("claritystorm/nhtsa-vehicle-recalls")

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("sample_1000.csv")
print(df["maketxt"].value_counts().head(10))
print(df.groupby("recall_year")["potaff"].sum())
```

## Schema (selected fields)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| campno | string | NHTSA recall number |
| maketxt | string | Vehicle/equipment make |
| modeltxt | string | Vehicle/equipment model |
| model_year | int | Model year (null if unknown) |
| rcdate | string | Part 573 report received date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| recall_year | int | Recall year (derived) |
| potaff | int | Potential units affected |
| compname | string | Component description |
| recall_type | string | Vehicle / Equipment / Child Restraint / Tire |
| influenced_by | string | Initiated by MFR / OVSC / ODI |
| desc_defect | string | Defect summary (free text) |
| corrective_action | string | Corrective action summary (free text) |
| mfgname | string | Manufacturer name |
| bgman | string | Manufacturing begin date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| endman | string | Manufacturing end date (YYYY-MM-DD) |

## Source

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Defects Investigation.
NHTSA recall data is a US federal government work in the **public domain** (17 U.S.C. 105).

Processed by [ClarityStorm Data](https://claritystorm.com).