# ForgeMesh Vehicle Crash Safety Ratings

> ForgeMesh Vehicle Crash Safety 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).

Looks up official NHTSA crash safety star ratings (overall, frontal, side, rollover) plus complaint and recall counts for any vehicle by VIN, make/model/year, or vehicle ID.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/vehicle-crash-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-vehicle-crash-safety-ratings-4c57a46e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LUI9finJzRIreg5Vvw-z9

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-vehicle-crash-safety-ratings-4c57a46e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the NHTSA crash safety ratings for a 2021 Honda CR-V — I want to see the overall star rating, rollover risk, and whether there are any complaints or recalls on file?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative NHTSA crash safety star ratings with rollover risk and recall/complaint context for any US-market vehicle. Ideal for car-buying recommendation agents, insurance pricing workflows, and family vehicle safety assessments where official government data is required rather than third-party reviews.

## Known failure modes

- VIN not recognized or not in NHTSA database — returns empty or error response
- Make/model/year combination ambiguous — may return multiple variants requiring vehicle_id selection
- Vehicle too old or too new to have NHTSA ratings — no data available
- Invalid or malformed VIN format — request rejected
- Network or payment failure (x402 USDC payment not processed)

## How this service works

Vehicle crash safety lookup: official star ratings for overall, frontal, side, and rollover performance with driver- and passenger-side detail, rollover risk percentage, and on-file complaint and recall counts for context. Ideal for buy-recommendation, insurance-pricing, and family-car-picker agents.

## Output

Returns official NHTSA star ratings (1-5 stars) for overall vehicle safety, frontal crash, side crash, and rollover performance with driver-side and passenger-side breakdowns, a rollover risk percentage, and counts of on-file complaints and recalls for the matched vehicle or variant.

## 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"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-vehicle-crash-safety-ratings-4c57a46e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)