[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30323-30324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12679]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Number NHTSA-2015-0049]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected
burden.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments within 30 days to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Gary R. Toth, Office of Data
Acquisition (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 [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following information collection request
has been forwarded to OMB. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period was published on Monday, September 29, 2014 (Volume 79,
Number 188, pages 58402 and 58403). NHTSA did not receive any comments.
Title: Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).
Type of Request: New information collection.
OMB Control Number: None.
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 utilizes an efficient combination of census, sample-based,
and existing State files to provide nationally representative traffic
crash data 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 and
damaged enough to be towed. NASS-GES, on the other hand, collected
limited data on other highway crashes in order to produce general
estimates.
Recognizing the importance as well as the limitations of the
current National Automotive Sampling Systems, 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. The new 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 and will be referred to as the
Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS).
CRSS will obtain data from a nationally representative probability
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 only directly from existing State police crash reports.
CRSS data quality reviews will be conducted to determine whether the
data acquired are responsive to the total user population needs. 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).
Affected Public: Federal and State agencies and the private sector.
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Estimated Annual Burden: 7,280 hours.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three (3) years from the
approval date. Please note that this period was incorrectly stated as
five (5) years in the 60 day notice.
Estimated Number of Responses: 840.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chap.
35; 49 U.S.C. 30181-83.
Under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.95.
Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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