[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61661-61662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28007]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket Number DOT-NHTSA-2017-0104]


Notice and Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. 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.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-NHTSA-
20XX-XXXX] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary R. Toth, Office of Data 
Acquisitions (NSA-0100), Room W53-505, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Toth's telephone number is (202) 366-5378. 
Please identify the relevant collection of information by referring to 
its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS).
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0706.
    Type of Request: Collection of motor vehicle crash data.
    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 high severity 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. Due to population 
shifts and vehicle transformation, among many other changes since NASS 
was established, the crash population has changed in the country. At 
the same time, the data needs of the transportation community have 
significantly increased over the last three decades. The scope of 
traffic safety studies has also been expanding. 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.
    Recognizing the importance as well as the limitations of the past 
NASS system, NHTSA has undertaken 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 was to develop a new crash data 
system that meets current and future data needs. The newly redesigned 
investigation-based acquisition system is a nationally-representative 
sample of passenger vehicle crashes. This newly-designed system, the 
Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS), will focus on detailed 
investigation of passenger vehicle crashes. CISS was implemented

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in 2015 with a goal of thirty-two (32) sites fully operational by July 
of 2018.
    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 serious motor vehicle crashes in the United States. The 
collection of interview data aids in this effort.
    Affected Public: Passenger Motor Vehicle Operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,450.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,605 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: $140,125.
    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 Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2017-28007 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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