Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

Terry T. Shelton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
May 12, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27047-27048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10784]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2014-0049]


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

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

ACTION: 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 July 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
NHTSA-2014-0049 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: 1-202-493-2251.
    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: 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 and 
his email address is gary.toth@dot.gov.

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. The 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

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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 Investigation Sampling System (CISS).
    Type of Request: Collection of motor vehicle crash data.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Affected Public: Passenger Motor Vehicle Operators.
    Abstract: The collection of crash data that support the 
establishment and enforcement of motor vehicle regulations that reduce 
the severity of injury and property damage caused by motor vehicle 
crashes is authorized under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-563, Title 1, Sec. 106, 108, and 112). 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been 
investigating motor vehicle traffic crashes and collecting crash data 
through its National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness 
Data System (NASS-CDS) and Special Crash Investigation (SCI) programs. 
The NASS was designed in the 1970's to collect data from the originally 
planned 75 data collection sites. Due to demographic changes, the crash 
population has changed in the country. At the same time, the data needs 
of the transportation community have increased and significantly 
changed over the last three decades. For example, the primary focus of 
the original NASS design was to enhance crashworthiness by providing 
detailed information about crush damage, restraint system performance 
and injury mechanisms. In recent years, however, the transportation 
community has been increasingly more interested in adding data elements 
related to what happens before a crash and related crash avoidance 
safety countermeasures. The scope of traffic safety studies has also 
been expanding. More data is needed from crashes which are not 
currently included in NASS-CDS, such as those involving large trucks, 
motorcycles, and pedestrians.
    Recognizing the importance as well as the limitations of the 
current NASS 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 a 
new crash data system that meets current and future data needs. Several 
data acquisitions systems will be designed to collect record-based 
information and investigation-based information. The redesigned 
investigation-based acquisition process will focus on detailed 
investigation of passenger vehicle crashes and will be referred to as 
the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS).
    For the investigation-based acquisition process, once a crash has 
been selected for investigation, crash technicians locate, visit, 
measure, and photograph the crash scene; locate, inspect, and 
photograph vehicles; conduct a telephone or personal interview with the 
involved individuals or surrogate; and obtain and record injury 
information received from various medical data sources. These data are 
used to describe and analyze circumstances, mechanisms, and 
consequences of high severity motor vehicle crashes in the United 
States. The collection of interview data aids in this effort.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,605 hours.
    Number of respondents: 9,450.

Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2014-10784 Filed 5-9-14; 8:45 am]
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