Death Spotter

Death Spotter shows historical and public-record death data near your location, plus a space for the community to add memorials of their own.

GOVERNMENT DATA DISCLAIMER

Death Spotter is an independent, privately-developed app. It is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by NHTSA, any coroner's office, law enforcement, or any other government agency. We only display publicly available government data, linked to its official source below.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Historical & notable deaths — people and events with a recorded place of death nearby, sourced live from Wikidata (a free, open knowledge base): https://www.wikidata.org
• U.S. traffic fatalities — records from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the federal government's public database of fatal crashes. Official source: https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
• Community memorials — add a death you personally know of. Every community entry is clearly and permanently labeled "unverified" — it is never presented as fact, and any user can report or block a submission they believe is false or abusive.

WHAT THIS APP IS NOT

Death Spotter is not a live feed of recent deaths, is not affiliated with any coroner, law enforcement, or government agency, and should never be used to locate or identify a recently deceased person or as a substitute for official records. Data is sourced from public records and community submissions, may be incomplete or inaccurate, and this is not an emergency service — for anything urgent, contact local authorities directly.

A NOTE ON CONTENT

This app deals with death, grief, and real historical events. If that isn't something you want to see right now, this may not be the app for you.

PRIVACY

Your location is used only to look up nearby records and is sent to the public data services above to do that — never for advertising, and never sold. Full details are in the in-app Privacy Policy.

DATA SOURCES & ATTRIBUTION

• Historical deaths: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org
• Traffic fatalities: NHTSA FARS, U.S. public-domain data — https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
• Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO