Public NHTSA data available
 

"As of today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a database of serious accidents involving possible product or equipment failure. That information, known as Early Warning data, has been in use by NHTSA for five years but until today was not available to the public."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2008/09/safety-data-for.html

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ewr/qb/index.cfm