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Terry T. Shelton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
September 29, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58402-58403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23113]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0102]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This
document describes collection of information for which NHTSA intends to
seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA-2014-0102 using any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. 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
below.
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 (Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dot.gov/privacy.html or http://Docketslnfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For background documents, contact Gary
R. Toth, Office of Data Acquisitions (NVS-410), Room W53-505, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Toth's telephone number is
(202) 366-5378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must be
included in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5CFR 1320.8(d),
an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(iv) how to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collections of information:
Title: Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).
Type of Request: New information collection.
OMB Control Number: None.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Five (5) years from the
approval date.
Abstract: Under both the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has the responsibility to
collect crash data that support the establishment and enforcement of
motor vehicle regulations and highway safety programs. These
regulations and programs are developed to reduce the severity of injury
and the property damage associated with motor vehicle crashes. In the
late 1970s, NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA)
devised a multidisciplinary approach to meet the data needs of our end
users that utilized an efficient combination of census, sample-based,
and existing State files to provide information on traffic crashes on a
timely basis. NCSA operates data programs consisting of records-based
systems that include the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and
the National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS-
GES); and detailed crash investigation-based systems which include the
National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-
CDS) and the Special Crash Investigations (SCI) program. NASS-CDS
focused on the crashworthiness of passenger cars, light trucks, and
vans involved in crashes that were damaged enough to be towed. NASS-
GES, on the other hand, collected limited data on all level of
severities of highway crashes involving all types of motor vehicles in
order to produce general estimates.
Recognizing the importance as well as the limitations of the
current National Automotive Sampling System, NHTSA is undertaking a
modernization effort to upgrade our data systems by improving the
information technology infrastructure, updating the data we collect and
reexamining the sample sites. The goal of this overall modernization
effort is to develop new crash data systems that meet current and
future data needs. These data acquisition systems will be designed to
collect record-based information and investigation-based information.
The redesigned records-based acquisition process will identify highway
safety problem areas and provide general data trends. The system will
be referred to as the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).
CRSS will obtain data from a nationally representative probability
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sample selected from police reported motor vehicle traffic crashes.
Specifically, crashes involving at least one motor vehicle in transport
on a trafficway that result in property damage, injury or a fatality
will be included in the CRSS sample. The crash reports sampled will be
chosen from selected areas that reflect the geography, population,
miles driven, and the number of crashes in the United States. No
additional data beyond the selected crash reports will be collected.
Once the crash reports are received they will be coded and the data
will be entered into the CRSS database.
CRSS will acquire national information on fatalities, injuries and
property damage directly from existing State police crash reports. The
user population includes Federal and State agencies, automobile
manufacturers, insurance companies, and the private sector. Annual
changes in the sample parameters are minor in terms of operation and
method of data collection, and do not affect the reporting burden of
the respondent. CRSS data coders will utilize existing State crash
files.
Estimated Annual Burden: 34,944 hours.
Number of Respondents: 630.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the agency's performance of
its functions; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for
the agency to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize your comments and the agency's responses in
the request for OMB clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chap.
35; 49 U.S.C. 30181-83.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2014-23113 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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