Technical Report Evaluating Fatality Reduction by Electronic Stability Control

Technical Report Evaluating Fatality Reduction by Electronic Stability Control

Technical Report Evaluating Fatality Reduction by Electronic Stability Control

Terry Shelton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
May 21, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29264-29265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11666]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0053]

Technical Report Evaluating Fatality Reduction by Electronic
Stability Control

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Request for comments on technical report.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces NHTSA's publication of a technical
report evaluating the fatality-reducing effectiveness of electronic
stability control for passenger cars and LTVs. The report's title is:
Updated Estimates of Fatality Reduction by Electronic Stability
Control.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than September 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES:
Report: The technical report is available on the Internet for
viewing in PDF format at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812020.pdf.
You may obtain a copy of the report free of charge by sending a self-
addressed mailing label to Nathan K. Greenwell (NVS-431), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room W53-312, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Comments: You may submit comments [identified by Docket Number
NHTSA-2014-0053] by any of the following methods:
Internet: To submit comments electronically, go to the
U.S. Government regulations Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: Written comments may be faxed to 202-493-2251.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: If you plan to submit written comments by
hand or courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
You may call Docket Management at 1-800-647-5527.
Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information see the Comments heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan K. Greenwell, Mathematical
Statistician, Evaluation Division, NVS-431, National Center for
Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Room W53-312, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-3860. Email: nathan.greenwell@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic stability control (ESC) systems
use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to
assist the driver in maintaining control in critical driving
situations. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 126 has required
ESC on all new passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks,
and buses with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less: 100 Percent of new
vehicles since September 1, 2011 (72 FR 17236). NHTSA issued
statistical evaluations of ESC in 2004, 2007, and 2011, based on the
most recent crash data available at the time (72 FR 41582, 76 FR
49532), which showed statistically significant reductions of fatal
rollovers and impacts with fixed objects. The technical report updates
the analyses with Fatal Accident Reporting System data through calendar
year 2011. The analyses show the following statistically significant
reductions of fatal crash involvements. Fatal first-event rollovers are
reduced by 60 percent in cars and by 74 percent in LTVs. Other fatal
single-vehicle crashes (excluding collisions with pedestrians or
bicyclists) are reduced by 31 percent in cars and 45 percent in LTVs.
Involvements as the culpable vehicle in fatal multi-vehicle crashes are
reduced by 16 percent in cars and LTVs.

Comments

How can I influence NHTSA's thinking on this subject?

NHTSA welcomes public review of the technical report. NHTSA will
submit to the Docket a response to the comments and, if appropriate,
will supplement or revise the report.

How do I prepare and submit comments?

Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the Docket
number of this document (NHTSA-2014-0053) in your comments.
Your primary comments must not be more than 15 pages long (49 CFR
553.21). However, you may attach additional documents to your primary
comments. There is no limit on the length of the attachments.
Please submit one copy of your comments, including the attachments,
to Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES.
Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in order for
substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it must meet
the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and DOT Data
Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to consult the
guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may be accessed
at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_reproducible. DOT's guidelines
may be accessed at http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/subject_areas/statistical_policy_and_research/data_quality_guidelines/index.html.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

How can I be sure that my comments were received?

If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of
your comments, enclose a self-addressed,

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stamped postcard in the envelope containing your comments. Upon
receiving your comments, Docket Management will return the postcard by
mail. You may also periodically access http://www.regulations.gov and
enter the number for this docket (NHTSA-2014-0053) to see if your
comments are on line.

How do I submit confidential business information?

If you wish to submit any information under a claim of
confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete
submission, including the information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In
addition, you should submit a copy, from which you have deleted the
claimed confidential business information, to Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing
information claimed to be confidential business information, you should
include a cover letter setting forth the information specified in our
confidential business information regulation. (49 CFR Part 512.)

Will the agency consider late comments?

In our response, we will consider all comments that Docket
Management receives before the close of business on the comment closing
date indicated above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also
consider comments that Docket Management receives after that date.

How can I read the comments submitted by other people?

You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. The hours of the Docket are
indicated above in the same location.
You may also see the comments on the Internet. To read the comments
on the Internet, take the following steps:
(1) Go to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) FDMS provides two basic methods of searching to retrieve
dockets and docket materials that are available in the system: (a)
``Quick Search'' to search using a full-text search engine, or (b)
``Advanced Search,'' which displays various indexed fields such as the
docket name, docket identification number, phase of the action,
initiating office, date of issuance, document title, document
identification number, type of document, Federal Register reference,
CFR citation, etc. Each data field in the advanced search may be
searched independently or in combination with other fields, as desired.
Each search yields a simultaneous display of all available information
found in FDMS that is relevant to the requested subject or topic.
(3) You may download the comments. However, since the comments are
imaged documents, instead of word processing documents, the ``pdf''
versions of the documents are word searchable.
Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will
continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes
available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly,
we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for new material.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30181-83 delegation of authority at
49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2014.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
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