Why this exists
NHTSA counts every cyclist killed by a driver. No national database records whether the driver was charged, convicted, or never heard from again. This registry exists so the answer is public: every death mapped and downloadable, and case by case, what came after.
How we publish
Every named case traces to a published news report or a court record, linked inline. Drivers are named only once formally charged. Legal status is always dated, never final. Families can request corrections or removal — the full policy is public in EDITORIAL.md, and every change is visible in the repository history.
What comes next
Every death since 2010, mapped and downloadable, with recent cases curated by hand.
For every 2023 hit-and-run death — roughly 275 cases, old enough that prosecutions have resolved — we will trace each outcome through court records rather than news coverage, and publish it as open data, case by case, with citations.
Expand cohort by cohort until "was the driver charged?" has a public answer for every cyclist killed in America — and a correction channel so families and local advocates can keep it honest.