Every figure on MotorCaliber comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a US federal agency. NHTSA data is public domain.
01The endpoints we use
- NCAP Safety Ratings for crash-test stars, rollover risk, and crash-test images.
- Recalls by vehicle for recall campaigns, components, consequences, and remedies.
- Complaints by vehicle for owner complaint counts and reported crash, fire, injury, and death flags.
- vPIC for the make, model, and year vehicle catalog.
02Refresh cadence
Recalls and complaints change constantly and are refreshed on a rotating daily cycle, so every vehicle is re-verified within a bounded window. Crash-test ratings change rarely and are refreshed weekly as new model years are rated. Each page shows its own "last verified" date.
03Coverage limits, stated plainly
Crash-test scores and images exist only for the configurations NHTSA has tested, a few hundred a year. The newest model years are often recall-and-complaint only until NHTSA rates them. We publish a vehicle only when it carries a real crash rating, recall, or complaint. Empty records are dropped.