Guidance Documents - NHTSA
NHTSA issues guidance documents that may clarify existing legal obligations to help regulated entities and the public understand the statutes administered by NHTSA and NHTSA's regulations.
Traffic Safety Facts 2021: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Traffic …
In this annual report, Traffic Safety Facts 2021: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Data, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration presents descriptive statistics about traffic crashes of all severities, from those that result in property damage to those that result in the loss of human life.
NHTSA to issue a final rule establishing a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) that requires new passenger vehicles to have “advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology” by 2024.
Countermeasures That Work - NHTSA
Countermeasures That Work is intended to be a reference guide for State Highway Safety Offices to help select effective, science-based traffic safety countermeasures to address highway safety problem areas in their States.
On August 13, 2021, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE21-020) to assess the performance of Tesla’s Autopilot system (a system characterized by Tesla as an SAE Level 2 driving automation system designed to support and assist the driver in performing the driving task) available in Tesla vehicles.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; V2V Communications
Nov 20, 2023 · The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration withdraws a previous proposal to create a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requiring vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications in new light vehicles.
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 227 (Monday, November 25, …
Nov 25, 2024 · For legal issues, you may contact Ms. Natasha D. Reed or Mr. Matthew Filpi, Office of Chief Counsel (Telephone: (202) 366-2992). You may send mail to either of these officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
We write to request an update on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) ongoing implementation of life-saving traffic safety provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Last year, nearly 43,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes.
The 20-year schedule1 for passenger car survivability currently in use by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was developed from R.L. Polk & Company data on registered vehicles in use by model year over the calendar years 1975 to 1993. The vehicle miles traveled (VMT) schedule currently used for passenger cars is
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)
May 24, 2024 · ----- [[Page 45814]] SUMMARY: This document corrects the DATES and ADDRESSES sections to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2024, regarding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 305a Electric- Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity.