# ForgeMesh Crash Test Ratings

> ForgeMesh Crash Test Ratings is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns US government NHTSA 5-star crash test scores and safety feature flags for a vehicle queried by VIN or year/make/model

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/crash-test-ratings
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-crash-test-ratings-42109210
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__78KVgx6Xw-Uk4WEsg9sN

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-crash-test-ratings-42109210 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the NHTSA 5-star crash test scores for a 2022 Honda Accord — I want to see the frontal impact, side impact, and rollover ratings, plus whether it has forward-collision warning?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative US government NHTSA crash test data for a specific vehicle, especially when the user has a VIN or knows the year/make/model. It is ideal for pre-purchase safety research, insurance workflows, fleet safety checks, or any consumer-facing automotive assistant. Prefer this over generic web search when structured, machine-readable safety scores are required.

## Known failure modes

- Vehicle not rated by NHTSA — returns a clear not-found or unrated response
- Invalid or malformed VIN — may return decoding error or no results
- Ambiguous make/model/year combination with multiple variants — returns variant list requiring vehicle_id selection
- Model year too old or too new to have ratings in the database
- Incorrect make or model spelling causing no match

## How this service works

Crash-test results for US-market vehicles: government 5-star program scores covering frontal and side impacts, side pole, and rollover, plus safety-feature flags like electronic stability control and forward-collision warning. Query by VIN or year/make/model; unrated vehicles return a clear not-found answer.

## Output

Returns NHTSA 5-star crash test scores covering frontal impact, side impact, side pole, and rollover ratings, along with boolean flags for safety features such as electronic stability control and forward-collision warning. If the vehicle has not been rated, returns a clear not-found response. May also include other variant options for the same vehicle if multiple trims were tested.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "vin": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "VIN — decoded automatically (alternative to make/model/model_year)"
  },
  "make": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "e.g. honda"
  },
  "model": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "e.g. accord"
  },
  "model_year": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "4-digit year"
  },
  "vehicle_id": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "rate a specific variant returned in other_variants"
  }
 }
}
```

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