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Terry T. Shelton
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
21 April 2016
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23549-23550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09231]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0049]
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in
coordination with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA), are in the process of reviewing the
Guidelines for the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Fourth
Edition, dated December 2012, and request comments to determine if
updates or improvements are appropriate. The MMUCC provides States with
a dataset for describing crashes of motor vehicles in transport that
generates the information necessary to improve highway safety within
each State and nationally. Crash data users may comment on the utility
of the current MMUCC guidelines and suggest changes for the next update
to MMUCC. Based on the input received in response to this notice, NHTSA
and GHSA anticipate issuing draft changes to the Guidelines by fall
2017.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 20, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID number
NHTSA-2016-0049 or by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30 U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket Management Facility, M-30
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Governors Highway Safety Association Web site: Go to
www.ghsa.org. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Regardless of how you submit your comments, you should identify the
Docket number of this notice.
Note that all comments received in response to this notice at
www.regulations.gov or www.ghsa.org will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. Please read 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 Statement in the Federal Register published on April
11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://docketsInfo.dot.gov.
Confidential 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, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. In addition, you
should submit two copies, 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) Docket:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments
received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street address listed
above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic issues: John Siegler,
Office of Traffic Records and Analysis, NSA-221, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-1268.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
(MMUCC) provides a dataset for describing crashes of motor vehicles in
transport that generates the information necessary to improve highway
safety within each State and nationally. Statewide motor vehicle
traffic crash data systems provide the basic information necessary for
effective highway and traffic safety efforts at any level of
government--local, State, or Federal. State crash data are used to
perform problem identification, establish goals and performance
measures, allocate resources, determine the progress of specific
programs, and support the development and evaluation of highway and
vehicle safety countermeasures. Unfortunately, the use of State crash
data is often hindered by the lack of uniformity between and within
States.
MMUCC represents a voluntary and collaborative effort to generate
uniform
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crash data that are accurate, reliable, and credible for data-driven
highway safety decisions within a State, between States, and at the
national level. MMUCC was originally developed in response to requests
by States interested in improving and standardizing their State crash
data. Lack of uniform reporting made the sharing and comparison of
State crash data difficult. Different elements and definitions resulted
in incomplete data and misleading results. MMUCC recommends voluntary
implementation of a ``minimum set'' of standardized data elements to
promote comparability of data within the highway safety community. It
serves as a foundation for State crash data systems. The next planned
update of the MMUCC Guideline is scheduled for 2017.
Implementation of MMUCC is a collaborative effort involving NHTSA,
the GHSA, FHWA, and FMCSA. Additional information about the MMUCC
update can be found on the Governor's Highway Safety Association Web
site www.ghsa.org. Full text of the current version of the Guidelines
(MMUCC Fourth Edition, 2012) can be viewed in the docket or on the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web site at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811631.pdf.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
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