{"description":"Documents matching 'state highway safety programs nhtsa'","count":2181,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=state+highway+safety+programs+nhtsa&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This action finalizes proposed revisions to certain documentation requirements relating to public participation and engagement in the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs.","document_number":"2026-11770","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11770/uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11770.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11770.pdf?1781095524","publication_date":"2026-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"engagement with the affected community and conveys feedback from the effort to the <span class=\"match\">State</span> to inform the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span>. In its June 17, 2025 guidance,\n 17 \n \n <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> clarified that States may use Section 402 <span class=\"match\">program</span> funds for PP&amp;E efforts. The information makes clear that a <span class=\"match\">State</span> is able to use <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> grant funds to pay subrecipients that conduct PP&amp;E efforts for the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span>.\n \n \n \n 17 \n  \n Id. \n \n \n IV. Discussion \n A. Triennial <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Plan \n \n All commenters supported the agency's proposal to eliminate the PP&amp;E"},{"title":"Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This action proposes revisions to certain documentation requirements relating to public participation and engagement in the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs.","document_number":"2025-18182","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/19/2025-18182/uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-19/pdf/2025-18182.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18182.pdf?1758199517","publication_date":"2025-09-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"value for <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> oversight of the statutory provision. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> included planning requirements for PP&amp;E in the triennial HSP in order to set out a process that would incorporate PP&amp;E into all stages of a <span class=\"match\">State's</span> <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span> lifecycle, including at the planning stage. By creating a check early in the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span> planning process, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> sought to avoid situations where it discovered, after the close of the grant year, that a <span class=\"match\">State</span> had failed to meet a statutory condition of the <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> grants. However, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> now believes"},{"title":"Technical Amendment to the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule makes technical amendments to the Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs to remove references to rescinded Executive Orders.","document_number":"2025-13244","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/15/2025-13244/technical-amendment-to-the-uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-15/pdf/2025-13244.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13244.pdf?1752497118","publication_date":"2025-07-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Grant <span class=\"match\">programs</span>—transportation, <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span>, Intergovernmental relations, Motor vehicles—motorcycles, \n \n Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.\n \n \n \n For the reasons <span class=\"match\">stated</span> in the preamble, under the authority of 23 U.S.C. 401 \n et seq., \n the National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration amends 23 CFR part 1300 as follows:\n \n \n PART 1300—UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR <span class=\"match\">STATE</span> <span class=\"match\">HIGHWAY</span> <span class=\"match\">SAFETY</span> GRANT <span class=\"match\">PROGRAMS</span> \n \n \n 1. The authority citation for part 1300 continues to read as follows:"},{"title":"Highway Safety Program Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice revises four of the existing highway safety uniform guidelines to better reflect NHTSA's commitment to promoting highway safety programs that are based on traffic safety data. The revisions will also align these guidelines with a recent Executive order. The guidelines are Guideline No. 7: Judicial and Court Services; Guideline No. 8: Impaired Driving; Guideline No. 12: Prosecutor Training; Guideline No. 20: Occupant Protection.","document_number":"2025-09990","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-09990/highway-safety-program-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-03/pdf/2025-09990.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09990.pdf?1748868312","publication_date":"2025-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"information on judicial outreach is addressed in <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Guideline No. 8, Impaired Driving. \n I. <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Management \n <span class=\"match\">Program</span> planning, implementation, and coordination are essential for achieving and sustaining <span class=\"match\">State</span> traffic enforcement and adjudication functions. The <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Office (SHSO), in conjunction with <span class=\"match\">State</span> and local court administrators, chief judges, and judicial educators should ensure that <span class=\"match\">State</span> traffic <span class=\"match\">safety</span> judicial education <span class=\"match\">programs</span> are well planned and coordinated. <span class=\"match\">State</span> SHSOs should provide leadership, training"},{"title":"Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice transmits the revised minimum performance measures that State Highway Safety Offices use in their triennial Highway Safety Plans.","document_number":"2024-31487","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31487/uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31487.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31487.pdf?1735911917","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"minimum performance measures that <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Offices use in their triennial <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Plans. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n \n For <span class=\"match\">program</span> issues: \n Barbara Sauers, Associate Administrator, Regional Operations and <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Delivery, National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration; Telephone number: (202) 366-0144; Email: \n barbara.sauers@dot.gov. \n \n \n For legal issues: \n Megan Brown, Attorney Advisor, Litigation &amp; General Law, Office of the Chief Counsel, National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration, 1200 New Jersey"},{"title":"Minimum Performance Measures for the State Highway Safety Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"NHTSA is initiating a process to update minimum performance measures for the State Highway Safety Grant Program. In order to ensure that the broadest possible cross-section of stakeholders is engaged from the onset of this process, NHTSA is publishing this RFC and announcing a public meeting to be held prior to issuing the updated highway safety performance measurement framework.","document_number":"2024-15963","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/19/2024-15963/minimum-performance-measures-for-the-state-highway-safety-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-19/pdf/2024-15963.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15963.pdf?1721306733","publication_date":"2024-07-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"to strengthen <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> <span class=\"match\">programs</span>, resulting in a diversified set of countermeasures among a broader portfolio of subrecipients to further reach communities overrepresented in the data and underrepresented in the <span class=\"match\">programming</span> and funding decisions. \n To ensure that the broadest possible cross-section of stakeholders is engaged from the start of the process, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> publishes this RFC and announces one public meeting before issuing the updated <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> performance measurement framework for <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Offices. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> and GHSA will"},{"title":"Recission of NHTSA's 1975 Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule rescinds the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 1975 Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts from the Code of Federal Regulations because they are outdated, because they were promulgated on the basis of authorities that have been rescinded, and because the Department of Transportation has promulgated updated Department-wide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures that will guide NHTSA's NEPA process.","document_number":"2025-12363","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12363/recission-of-nhtsas-1975-procedures-for-considering-environmental-impacts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12363.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12363.pdf?1751394610","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n You may contact Stephanie Walters by email at \n stephanie.walters@dot.gov \n or by telephone at 202-819-3642. Address: National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, DC 20590.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background \n \n The National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration (<span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span>), an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), adopted its own National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures in 1975"},{"title":"New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Notice-Delay of Program Updates","type":"Notice","abstract":"On November 25, 2024, and December 3, 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published in the Federal Register two final decision notices announcing changes to the Agency's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and stated that these changes would be implemented beginning with model year 2026 vehicles. This notice announces that implementation of the changes discussed in the November 2024 and December 2024 notices are postponed for one model year.","document_number":"2025-18285","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/22/2025-18285/new-car-assessment-program-ncap-notice-delay-of-program-updates","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-22/pdf/2025-18285.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18285.pdf?1758285914","publication_date":"2025-09-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice of postponement of the implementation of <span class=\"match\">program</span> updates for the New Car Assessment <span class=\"match\">Program</span> (NCAP). \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n On November 25, 2024, and December 3, 2024, the National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration (<span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span>) published in the \n Federal Register \n two final decision notices announcing changes to the Agency's New Car Assessment <span class=\"match\">Program</span> (NCAP) and <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that these changes would be implemented beginning with model year 2026 vehicles. This notice announces that implementation of the changes discussed in the November 2024"},{"title":"ADS-Equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program; Withdrawal","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This action withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025, which proposed to establish the Automated Driving System-Equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program (AV STEP). The proposal would have created a voluntary program for vehicle manufacturers, developers of Automated Driving Systems (ADS), and fleet operators or system integrators of such vehicles. Based on its reevaluation of the proposal, consideration of the comments received, and subsequent progress on other ADS initiatives, NHTSA is withdrawing the rulemaking.","document_number":"2026-12980","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12980/ads-equipped-vehicle-safety-transparency-and-evaluation-program-withdrawal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12980.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12980.pdf?1782391522","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"feedback and a revised assessment of the <span class=\"match\">program's</span> alignment with current Agency priorities, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> is not proceeding with the AV STEP proposal. A key intention of the proposal was to establish a regulatory <span class=\"match\">program</span> that resulted in <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> overseeing a substantial volume of ADS operations. Industry comments suggested that participation in the <span class=\"match\">program</span> would have been minimal, which would have lowered the value of the <span class=\"match\">program</span>. Other stakeholders, such as <span class=\"match\">safety</span> advocates, expressed concern that a voluntary <span class=\"match\">program</span> would not offer a sufficiently comprehensive"},{"title":"Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is issuing this interpretive rule to set forth the agency's interpretation of the factors the agency is prohibited by law from considering when setting maximum feasible fuel economy standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and other applicable law. This rule describes NHTSA's interpretation of its authority to establish the necessary legal foundation for bringing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program into compliance with relevant statutory requirements. The rule also describes NHTSA's interpretation of its authority for a commercial medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) on-highway vehicle and work truck fuel efficiency improvement program, also establishing the necessary legal foundation for bringing that program into compliance with the law. Pending the rulemaking process for the establishment of replacement standards, NHTSA will exercise its enforcement authority with regard to all existing CAFE and MDHD standards in accordance with the interpretation set forth in this rule.","document_number":"2025-10586","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/11/2025-10586/resetting-the-corporate-average-fuel-economy-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-11/pdf/2025-10586.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10586.pdf?1749559517","publication_date":"2025-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"policy issues, Joseph Bayer, CAFE <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Division Chief, Office of Rulemaking, National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; email: \n joseph.bayer@dot.gov; \n phone: (202) 366-1810. For legal issues, Hannah Fish, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> Office of the Chief Counsel, National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; email: \n hannah.fish@dot.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n The National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration (<span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span>) is issuing this interpretation"},{"title":"Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the uniform procedures implementing the State Highway Safety Grant Program to waive, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, the requirement that targets for the common performance measures be identical to targets in the State Highway Safety Improvement Program. This final rule makes a corresponding change to a similar requirement in the FHWA's performance management regulation.","document_number":"2024-09732","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-09732/uniform-procedures-for-state-highway-safety-grant-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-09732.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09732.pdf?1714740322","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Highway Administration","name":"Federal Highway Administration","id":170,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-highway-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/170","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-highway-administration"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"IV. Regulatory Analyses and Notices \n \n I. Background \n The <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> and the FHWA share three common performance measures in their <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> <span class=\"match\">programs</span>—total fatalities, rate of fatalities, and total serious injuries—and have shared these common performance measure for many years. Both <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> and FHWA regulations require States to submit identical targets for the three common performance measures—in <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> triennial <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Plan (HSP) and in FHWA's <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Improvement <span class=\"match\">Program</span> (HSIP) annual report. See 23 CFR 1300.11(b)(3)(ii)(C) and"},{"title":"New Car Assessment Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice requests comment on a proposal to update the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) by adding rear automatic braking (RAB) systems with pedestrian avoidance ability to the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) technologies NHTSA currently recommends. NHTSA proposes to identify and evaluate vehicles in the marketplace that offer systems that pass NCAP performance test criteria for RAB. The proposed updates to NCAP would give consumers important safety information about technologies designed to prevent crashes with pedestrians when the vehicle is moving in reverse.","document_number":"2026-10611","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/28/2026-10611/new-car-assessment-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-28/pdf/2026-10611.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10611.pdf?1779885916","publication_date":"2026-05-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"at 202-366-1810. Address: National <span class=\"match\">Highway</span> Traffic <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, DC 20590-0001.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Table of Contents \n \n I. Executive Summary \n II. Background \n \n A. Rear Automatic Braking Systems \n \n \n B. 2015 NCAP RFC \n \n \n C. NCAP Roadmap \n \n \n D. Euro NCAP \n \n \n E. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> Research \n \n III. Purpose and Rationale \n IV. Rear Automatic Braking Testing <span class=\"match\">Program</span> \n \n A. <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Need \n \n \n B. Countermeasures Exist \n \n \n C. Potential <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Benefits \n \n \n D. Objective Test Procedure"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; State Data Transfer","type":"Notice","abstract":"NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a renewal with modification of a currently approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from 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. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on the State Data Transfer (SDT) program for Vehicle Crash Information.","document_number":"2026-12776","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12776/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-and-request-for-comment-state-data-transfer","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12776.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12776.pdf?1782305110","publication_date":"2026-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"existing and emerging <span class=\"match\">highway</span> <span class=\"match\">safety</span> trends, evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle <span class=\"match\">safety</span> standards, and develop countermeasures to reduce deaths and injuries from motor vehicle crashes. The data allows <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> to study the effectiveness of emerging technologies, such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and supplies critical volume to support cost-benefit analyses for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rulemakings regarding vehicle mass and fatality rates. Furthermore, automated SDT data pre-populates several <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> systems and special"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 204; Steering Control Rearward Displacement","type":"Rule","abstract":"On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204, Steering Control Rearward Displacement, so that it no longer applies to vehicles certified to the frontal barrier crash protection requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection. The agency received one comment that supported the proposed changes to FMVSS No. 204. In addition, the commenter suggested additional amendments to remove obsolete regulatory text. NHTSA is adopting the proposed changes and the additional amendments suggested by the commenter.","document_number":"2026-11080","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11080/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-no-204-steering-control-rearward-displacement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11080.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11080.pdf?1780404315","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"preemption of <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort causes of action by virtue of <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> rules—even if not expressly preempted. \n \n This second way that <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> rules can preempt is dependent upon the existence of an actual conflict between an FMVSS and the higher standard that would effectively be imposed on motor vehicle manufacturers if someone obtained a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort judgment against the manufacturer—notwithstanding the manufacturer's compliance with the <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standard. Because most <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standards established by an FMVSS are minimum standards, a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common"},{"title":"ADS-Equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes a voluntary framework for the evaluation and oversight of motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). The ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program (AV STEP) would establish a national program for ADS-equipped vehicles that operate or may operate on public roads in the United States under NHTSA's oversight with the goal of improving public transparency related to the safety of certain ADS-equipped vehicles, while allowing for responsible development of this technology. This proposal includes procedures for application, participation, public reporting, and program administration. It identifies content requirements for applications, including independent assessments of ADS safety processes, such as the safety cases used and conformance to industry standards. These application requirements will inform NHTSA's decisions on terms and conditions for participation. The proposal also contains reporting requirements for participants, including periodic and event-triggered reporting.","document_number":"2024-30854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2024-30854/ads-equipped-vehicle-safety-transparency-and-evaluation-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2024-30854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30854.pdf?1736862320","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"exemption or not), the <span class=\"match\">program</span> would offer participants an opportunity to demonstrate their operational <span class=\"match\">safety</span> and their commitment to transparency for their vehicles and operations by engaging in a national <span class=\"match\">program</span> with well-defined participation and reporting criteria focused on advancing <span class=\"match\">safety</span>. \n Under the proposed <span class=\"match\">program</span>, an applicant would provide <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> with information and data related to the <span class=\"match\">safety</span> of the design, development, and operations of ADS-equipped vehicles for their intended deployment under the <span class=\"match\">program</span>. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> would review this information"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Modernization of FMVSS No. 110 To Accommodate ADS-Equipped Vehicles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NHTSA is proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, \"Tire selection and rims and motor home/ recreation vehicle trailer load carrying capacity information for motor vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less.\" The proposed modification would amend a single section of the standard to enable compliance by affixing the required placard on the left side of the vehicle when there is not a \"driver's side\" for vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) that do not have manually operated driving controls. This rulemaking would allow flexibility in complying with the standard without detriment to vehicle safety. This action is part of a larger NHTSA effort to address vehicle automation in the agency's regulations.","document_number":"2026-06254","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/01/2026-06254/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-modernization-of-fmvss-no-110-to-accommodate-ads-equipped","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-01/pdf/2026-06254.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06254.pdf?1774961109","publication_date":"2026-04-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"provision generally are preserved. \n \n <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> rules can also preempt <span class=\"match\">State</span> law if complying with an FMVSS would render the motor vehicle manufacturers liable under <span class=\"match\">State</span> tort law. Because most <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standards established by an FMVSS are minimum standards, a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort cause of action that seeks to impose a higher standard on motor vehicle manufacturers generally will not be preempted. If and when such a conflict does exist—for example, when the standard at issue is both a minimum and a maximum standard—the <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort cause of action"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 216; Roof Crush Resistance, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 216a; Roof Crush Resistance; Upgraded Standard","type":"Rule","abstract":"On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to remove the obsolete Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 216, related to roof crush resistance. The agency received one comment, but the comment is not within the scope of the proposed rule. Therefore, the agency is removing the obsolete FMVSS No. 216 as proposed.","document_number":"2026-11068","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11068/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-no-216-roof-crush-resistance-federal-motor-vehicle-safety","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11068.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11068.pdf?1780404314","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"of <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort causes of action by virtue of <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> rules—even if not expressly preempted. \n \n This second way that <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> rules can preempt is dependent upon the existence of an actual conflict between an FMVSS and the higher standard that would effectively be imposed on motor vehicle manufacturers if someone \n \n obtained a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort judgment against the manufacturer—notwithstanding the manufacturer's compliance with the <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standard. Because most <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standards established by an FMVSS are minimum standards, a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 207; Seating Systems","type":"Rule","abstract":"On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 207, Seating Systems. The agency received no comment on the proposed changes to FMVSS No. 207, and therefore the agency is adopting the changes in this final rule.","document_number":"2026-11078","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11078/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-no-207-seating-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11078.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11078.pdf?1780404315","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"preemption of <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort causes of action by virtue of <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> rules—even if not expressly preempted. \n \n This second way that <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> rules can preempt is dependent upon the existence of an actual conflict between an FMVSS and the higher standard that would effectively be imposed on motor vehicle manufacturers if someone obtained a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort judgment against the manufacturer—notwithstanding the manufacturer's compliance with the <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standard. Because most <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> standards established by an FMVSS are minimum standards, a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Reminder Systems","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule amends the seat belt warning requirements in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, \"Occupant crash protection\" in response to petitions for reconsideration of the January 2025 final rule. This interim final rule delays the compliance dates and makes technical clarifications to the regulatory text. NHTSA denies the remainder of the requests. Though these amendments are effective immediately, to benefit from comments interested parties and the public may have, NHTSA requests that any comments be submitted to the docket for this rule. Following the close of the comment period, NHTSA will publish a final rule responding to any comments received and making any appropriate changes to the interim final rule.","document_number":"2026-06614","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06614/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-occupant-crash-protection-seat-belt-reminder-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06614.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06614.pdf?1775220313","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"IEE's other arguments, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> agrees that MAP-21 does not necessarily require <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> to specify an occupant corresponding to a six-year-old child for compliance testing. Among other things, the MAP-21 mandate is subject expressly to § 30111 of the <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Act, which requires that a <span class=\"match\">safety</span> standard both meet the need for <span class=\"match\">safety</span> and be practicable. In any case, as <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> also pointed out in the final rule, the <span class=\"match\">Safety</span> Act gives <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> the discretionary authority to issue <span class=\"match\">safety</span> standards to address specific <span class=\"match\">safety</span> needs. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA's</span> decision therefore does"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Modernization of FMVSS No. 102 To Accommodate ADS-Equipped Vehicles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NHTSA is proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 102, \"Transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking effect.\" The proposed modification would except vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) that do not have manually operated driving controls from the requirement for a transmission shift position display. This rulemaking would remove unnecessary regulatory burdens and costs associated with a display designed to aid a person driving the vehicle. As the transmission shift position display does not fulfill the same safety need in an ADS-equipped vehicle without manually operated driving controls, the amendment will not impact vehicle safety. This action is part of a larger NHTSA effort to address vehicle automation in the agency's regulations.","document_number":"2026-05024","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/16/2026-05024/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-modernization-of-fmvss-no-102-to-accommodate-ads-equipped","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-16/pdf/2026-05024.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05024.pdf?1773405911","publication_date":"2026-03-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"intended only for a human driver operating a vehicle with manual driving controls, and do not serve a <span class=\"match\">safety</span> purpose for ADS-equipped vehicles that do not have manual driving controls. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> believes that this change will have no effect on <span class=\"match\">safety</span>. Thus, <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> tentatively concludes that no conflict with <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law causes of action would occur. Without any conflict, there could not be any implied preemption of a <span class=\"match\">State</span> common law tort cause of action. <span class=\"match\">NHTSA</span> also seeks comment on this tentative conclusion. \n Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform)"}]}