[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42507-42508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16734]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket Number OST-2025-* * * *]
Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for
Approval To Collect New Information: Crash Causal Factors Program
Heavy-Duty Truck Study Interview Data Collection
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of Title 44 of the U.S. Code (Pub. L. 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995), this notice announces the intention of BTS to request the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new data collection:
Crash Causal Factors Program Heavy-Duty Truck Study Interview Data
Collection. This information collection request (ICR) pertains to data
collected in the interview portion of the Heavy-Duty Truck Study, which
was mandated by Congress in Section 23006 of the Infrastructure and
Investment Jobs Act.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once
into the docket, submit comments by only one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Docket Number: OST-2025-* * * *.
Mail: Docket Services, U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail address above between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket, or go to the street
address listed above.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal website. If you want us to notify you
that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Fischman, Office of Safety
Data and Analysis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department
of Transportation, RTS-35, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590-0001, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Crash Causal Factors Program Heavy-Duty Truck Study
Interview Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet known.
Type of Request: New collection.
Affected Public: Drivers of heavy-duty trucks (class 7 and 8
trucks), motor
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carrier industry representatives, and members of the public involved in
heavy-duty truck fatal crashes.
Estimated Annual Respondents: 5,000.
Estimated Annual Burden: 5,000 hours.
Abstract: In accordance with Section 23006 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) established the Crash Causal Factors
Program (CCFP) as a comprehensive study to determine the causes and
contributing factors to crashes involving commercial motor vehicles.
The CCFP's first phase, the Heavy-Duty Truck Study, will focus on
collecting information from a nationally representative sample of at
least 2,000 fatal crashes involving Class 7 and 8 trucks (i.e., trucks
with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,0001 pounds or more). Data
collection will occur over the course of two years, and may extend
beyond the two year study period subject to FMCSA State-specific
agreements and renewals of relevant information collection requests. To
supplement data collected by FMCSA under the study, the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) will conduct interviews on a voluntary
basis with carriers, drivers, and witnesses following a crash.
Information gathered during the interviews will provide additional
information and context for a more comprehensive understanding of
crashes and their causal factors.
For each fatal crash, BTS will attempt to interview the heavy-duty
truck driver, a representative from the involved motor carrier, the
driver of any other involved vehicle, all vehicle occupants, and any
other persons involved in the crash. The number of interviews per crash
will vary depending on the crash circumstances. The estimated reporting
burden considers an average of five interviews per crash, with one hour
as the average length per interview. BTS will analyze information
collected during interviews to identify key driver, vehicle, motor
carrier, and environmental factors that may contribute to fatal crashes
involving heavy-duty trucks. Analysis results and findings may be used
to inform preventive measures, reduce identified risks, and address
causal factors of heavy-duty truck crashes.
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2018 (CIPSEA) (44 U.S.C. 3561-3583), provides strong
confidentiality protection for information acquired for statistical
purposes under a pledge of confidentiality. CIPSEA guidance from the
Office of Management and Budget advises that a non-statistical agency
or unit (FMCSA) that wishes to acquire information with CIPSEA
protection may consider entering into an agreement with a Federal
statistical agency or unit (BTS). BTS and FMCSA have determined that it
is in public interest to collect data from interviews under a pledge of
confidentiality for statistical purposes.
BTS, within the U.S. Department of Transportation, is an objective
supplier of statistically sound baseline, contextual, and trend
information used to shape transportation policy investment decisions
across the United States. BTS is responsible for providing timely,
accurate, and reliable information on U.S. passenger and freight
transportation systems and their impact on the economy, society, and
the environment. As a Federal statistical agency, BTS has the authority
to collect data confidentially for statistical purposes under CIPSEA,
which strictly prohibits BTS from disclosing information in
identifiable form to anyone other than BTS employees or BTS agents with
a need to know.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The confidentiality of information
from interviews with individuals and companies involved in the crash is
protected under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307(b)) and
CIPSEA. In accordance with these confidentiality statutes, only
statistical and non-identifying data will be made publicly available by
BTS through reports. Further, BTS will not release to any public or
private entity any information that might reveal the identity of an
individual participating in an interview with BTS.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the performance of BTS's functions; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for BTS to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information. Comments received after the comment closing
date will be included in the docket and will be considered to the
extent practicable.
Allison Fischman,
Director, Office of Safety Data & Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2025-16734 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
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