# NHTSA NCAP Safety Ratings Scraper API (`pink_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings`) Actor

Search official NHTSA NCAP crash-test safety ratings by model year, make, model, vehicle configuration or ID, and rating thresholds. Returns source-linked crash components, safety-feature fields, and reported complaint/recall/investigation counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink\_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Business, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 nhtsa ncap safety ratings scraper api evidence items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## NHTSA NCAP Vehicle Crash Safety Ratings Scraper API

Official NHTSA SafetyRatings search for model-year/configuration-specific crash-test evidence. Empty input returns one detailed 2023 Tesla Model 3 configuration (up to $0.0021). Filter by vehicle ID, model year/make/model, configuration text, and minimum overall/front/side/rollover ratings.

Returns NCAP components, reported complaint/recall/investigation counts, safety-feature fields, notes/media URLs, source links, and explicit no-match/source-unavailable outcomes.

Ratings apply only to the reported model year/configuration; they are not current-condition, crash-history, title, recall-repair, inspection, safety-guarantee, fault, or causation evidence. Counts can change and are not complete defect determinations.

Source: https://api.nhtsa.gov/SafetyRatings/

# Actor input Schema

## `modelYear` (type: `integer`):

Optional model year filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `make` (type: `string`):

Optional make filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `model` (type: `string`):

Optional model filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `vehicleId` (type: `integer`):

Optional exact nhtsa vehicle id filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `configurationQuery` (type: `string`):

Require text in NHTSA vehicle description, e.g. AWD or RWD.

## `minOverallRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum overall rating filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `minFrontCrashRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum front crash rating filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `minSideCrashRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum side crash rating filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `minRolloverRating` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum rollover rating filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `maxCandidates` (type: `integer`):

Optional maximum configurations checked filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Optional maximum rating rows filter or result-control setting. See the README for exact source semantics, bounds, and examples.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "modelYear": 2023,
  "make": "TESLA",
  "model": "MODEL 3",
  "minOverallRating": 0,
  "minFrontCrashRating": 0,
  "minSideCrashRating": 0,
  "minRolloverRating": 0,
  "maxCandidates": 10,
  "maxResults": 1
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call pink_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/nhtsa-ncap-safety-ratings"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/raFVXzpT0Q1qGhqvi/builds/EkjSsEnBak3rBU0rf/openapi.json