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(11) Endangered Species Act of 1973 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536]; 

(12) Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 

U.S.C. 703–712]; 

(13) National Historic Preservation 

Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 

470(f) et seq.]; 

(14) Historic Sites Act of 1935[16 

U.S.C. 461]; 

(15) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–2000(d)(1)]. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Dated: March 28, 2022. 

Richard E. Backlund, 

Division Administrator, Kansas Division, 

Federal Highway Administration, Topeka, 

Kansas. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; Fatality Analysis Reporting 

System (FARS) and Non-Traffic 

Surveillance (NTS) 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a request for extension 

with modification of a currently 

approved information collection. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for an 

extension 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 two collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval that collect data 

on motor vehicle crashes involving 

fatalities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 3, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2022–0031 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, 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. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Barbara 

Rhea, State Data Reporting Systems 

Division (NSA–120), (202) 366–2714, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W53–304, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Please identify the relevant 

collection of information by referring to 

its OMB Control Number (2127–0006). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency 

submits a proposed collection of 

information to OMB for approval, it 

must first publish a document in the 

Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. permitting electronic submission of 

responses. In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: Fatality Analysis Reporting 

System (FARS) and Non-Traffic 

Surveillance (NTS) 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0006. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA is authorized by 

49 U.S.C. 30182 and 23 U.S.C. 403 to 

collect data on motor vehicle traffic 

crashes to aid in the identification of 

issues and the development, 

implementation, and evaluation of 

motor vehicle and highway safety 

countermeasures to reduce fatalities and 

the property damage associated with 

motor vehicle crashes. Using this 

authority, NHTSA established the Fatal 

Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and 

the Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS), 

which collect data on fatal motor 

vehicle traffic crashes. Among other 

things, the information aids in the 

establishment and enforcement of motor 

vehicle regulations and highway safety 

programs. 

The FARS is in its forty-sixth year of 

operation and is a census of all defined 

crashes involving fatalities. The FARS 

collects data from all 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

NHTSA established cooperative 

agreements with the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to 

report a standard set of data on each 

fatal crash within their jurisdictions. 


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1NHTSA’s information collection for CRSS is 

covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127– 

0714. 

2NHTSA’s information collection for CISS is 

covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127– 

0706. 

State employees extract and transcribe 

information from existing State files 

including police crash reports as well as 

driver license, vehicle registration, 

highway department, and vital statistics 

files. This collected information 

comprises a national database, Fatality 

Analysis Reporting System (FARS), that 

is NHTSA’s and many States’ principal 

means of tracking trends involving 

motor vehicle traffic fatalities and 

quantifying problems or potential 

problems in highway safety. 

The Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS) is 

a data collection effort for collecting 

information about counts and details 

regarding fatalities and injuries that 

occur in non-traffic crashes and noncrash incidents. Non-traffic crashes are 

crashes that occur off a public trafficway 

(e.g. private roads, parking lots, or 

driveways), and non-crash incidents are 

incidents involving motor vehicles but 

without a crash scenario such as, carbon 

monoxide poisoning and hypo/ 

hyperthermia. NTS non-traffic crash 

data are obtained through NHTSA’s data 

collection efforts for the Crash Report 

Sampling System (CRSS),1 the Crash 

Investigation Sampling System (CISS),2

and FARS. NTS also includes data 

outside of NHTSA’s own data 

collections. NTS’ non-crash injury data 

is based upon emergency department 

records from a special study conducted 

by the Consumer Product Safety 

Commission’s National Electronic Injury 

Surveillance System (NEISS) All Injury 

Program. NTS non-crash fatality data is 

derived from death certificate 

information from the Centers for Disease 

Control’s National Vital Statistics 

System. 

Data is collected differently under 

each of NHTSA’s three data collection 

efforts that feed into NTS. The CRSS 

and CISS data collection efforts obtain 

NTS applicable reports received from 

the sample sites during their normal 

data collection efforts for CRISS and 

CISS. The FARS data collection effort 

uncovers NTS applicable reports 

received from the State during their 

normal data collection activities for 

FARS. Therefore, the burden for NTS is 

included in each study’s calculation. 

This notice only seeks comment on the 

part of the NTS data that comes from the 

FARS data collection effort. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: NHTSA’s mission is to 

save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce 

economic losses resulting from motor 

vehicle crashes. In order to accomplish 

this mission, NHTSA needs high-quality 

data on motor vehicle crashes. The 

FARS supports this mission by 

providing the agency with vital 

information about all crashes involving 

fatalities that occur on our nation’s 

roadways. The FARS does this by 

collection national fatality information 

directly from existing State files and 

documents and aggregate them for 

research and analysis. 

FARS data is used extensively by all 

the NHTSA program and research 

offices, other DOT modes, States, and 

local jurisdictions. The highway 

research community uses the FARS data 

for trend analysis, problem 

identification, and program evaluation. 

Congress uses the FARS data for making 

decisions concerning safety programs. 

The FARS data are also available upon 

request to anyone interested in highway 

safety. 

Affected Public: States, the District of 

Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

52. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

NHTSA has established cooperative 

agreements with the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to 

report a standard set of data on each 

fatal crash in their jurisdictions. State 

respondents report based on the 

occurrence of crashes involving 

fatalities. When a fatal crash occurs, 

State employees extract and transcribe 

information from existing files and 

input the information into FARS, with 

the frequency of reporting determined 

by the frequency of fatal crashes 

occurring in the respondent’s 

jurisdiction. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 107,209. 

For both FARS and NTS, there are 52 

respondents (50 States, the District of 

Columbia, and Puerto Rico) reporting on 

approximately 34,790 fatal crash cases 

per year. Of these cases, 34,205 are 

reported to FARS and approximately 

585 are identified and reported as nontraffic fatal crashes (NTS). 

The State employee (or employees 

depending on the number of fatal 

crashes per year occurring in the 

jurisdiction) acquires and codes the 

required information, as fatal crashes 

occur, in the FARS records-based 

system. For FARS, although there is 

only one information collection, 

NHTSA calculates the total burden 

using four burden categories: (1) FARS 

Manual Protocol Case Entry, (2) 

overhead burden for FARS in States 

without EDT, (3) FARS coding in States 

with EDT, and (4) FARS EDT mapping 

maintenance. 

FARS Manual Protocol Case Entry 

NHTSA estimates that there are 

currently 33 States providing crash 

reports (including case materials) via 

manual protocol. For these respondents, 

NHTSA estimates that it takes analysts 

approximately 4.25 hours to collect fatal 

crash information and code a FARS case 

entry in the FARS data entry system. 

This estimate is based on information, 

over a five-year period, of the average 

number of analysts, full- and part-time, 

back-up analysts, FARS supervisors, 

and coding assistance respondents 

needed to complete an annual FARS 

file. NHTSA estimates that, on average, 

16,205 cases are collected and coded 

annually using this access method. 

Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total 

annual burden associated with FARS 

Manual Protocol case entry to be 

approximately 68,871 hours annually 

(16,205 cases × 4.25 hours = 68,871 

hours). 

FARS Manual Protocol In-Kind Process 

Support 

In addition to the time for each crash 

entry, some respondents using the FARS 

Manual Protocol are also expected to 

incur overhead burden time. NHTSA 

estimates that 8 States provide overhead 

support and that the total annual burden 

for this support is 2,000 hours, or an 

average of 250 hours per respondent. 

This burden includes hours spent by 

supervisors and State managers 

responding to and supporting FARS 

operations that are not accounted for in 

the coding hours every year, including 

supporting data acquisition and other 

associated tasks. 

FARS EDT Mapping Maintenance 

NHTSA estimates that there are 

approximately 19 States already 

participating in Electronic Data Transfer 

(EDT). For these respondents, PAR data 

is automatically transferred from the 

State’s centralized crash database to 

NHTSA’s CDAN system. The crash data 

is then prepopulated in NHTSA’s crash 

data systems, including FARS. 

NHTSA estimates the burden to 

maintain the protocol is estimated at 

two hours per State (respondent) or a 

total of 38 hours per year (19 States × 

2 hours). This represents time to 

monitor case quality and timeliness, 

conduct quality control processes, and 

maintain communications with NHTSA 

and its contractors to ensure accurate 

data transfer. The specific task 

associated with this maintenance of 

effort is referred to as ‘‘mapping’’. Upon 

becoming an EDT State, the respondent 


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3The burden associated with this task is 

accounted for under NHTSA ICR that covers EDT 

(OMB Control Number 2127–0753). 

participates in an initial mapping 

process. The process requires an 

alignment between the State Specific 

Coding Instructions and the FARS 

Coding and Validation guidance.3

During quality control processes, which 

are conducted year-round, data 

anomalies may be detected, at which 

time action must be taken to review and 

ultimately correct the shifts in the data. 

This process, while managed by the 

Office of Data Acquisition, requires 

concurrence from the respondent, 

which is what the burden represents. 

FARS EDT Manual Case Entry for 

Supporting Case Materials 

Participation in EDT reduces but does 

not eliminate the manual entry of data 

into FARS. Although information from 

PARs is pre-populated into the system, 

EDT State respondents must still collect 

and enter supporting case materials, 

such as driver records, toxicology 

reports, death certificate information, 

and coroner’s/medical examiners 

reports to complete a FARS case. 

NHTSA estimates that completing each 

case entry in an EDT States takes 2 

hours, which is slightly less than half 

the time the process is estimated to take 

for non-EDT States. On average, NHTSA 

estimates that 18,000 FARS cases will 

have pre-populated data. Accordingly, 

NHTSA estimates the total burden 

associated with completing the FARS 

case entries for these cases to be 36,000 

hours (18,000 cases × 2 hours). 

Total Burden for FARS 

The collective and cumulative efforts 

of all 52 respondents results in an 

estimated annual burden of 106,909 

hours (68,871 hours + 2,000 hours + 38 

hours + 36,000 hours). Table 1 provides 

a summary of the burden associated 

with FARS. 

TABLE 1—BURDEN CATEGORY ESTIMATES AND TOTAL BURDEN FOR FARS 

Burden category Cases 

processed 

Participating 

respondents 

Burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Hours per 

respondent Total hours 

FARS EDT (mapping maintenance) .................................... N/A 19 N/A 2 38 

FARS EDT Manual Case Entry (supporting case materials) .................................................................................. 18,000 19 2.00 1,895 36,000 

FARS Manual Protocol Case Entry Process (including 

supporting case materials) ............................................... 16,205 33 4.25 2,087 68,871 

FARS Manual Protocol In-kind Process Support ................ N/A 8 N/A 250 2,000 

Total .............................................................................. 34,205 52 3.13 2,056.94 106,909 

NTS Data Collection 

Non-traffic fatal crashes are collected 

by approximately 25 States as part of the 

FARS data collection process. NHTSA 

estimates that it takes twelve hours per 

respondent annually to account for NTS 

cases. Therefore, NHTSA estimates that 

the total burden for NTS case 

identification and coding is 300 hours 

annually (25 respondents × 12 hours). 

Burden for FARS and NTS 

NHTSA estimates the total annual 

burden for the two information 

collections, FARS and NTS, is 107,209 

hours per year (106,909 hours + 300 

hours). Table 2 provides a summary of 

the burdens for the two information 

collections. 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF BURDENS FOR FARS AND NTS 

Information collection Responses Respondents Burden per 

response 

Hours per 

respondent 

Total burden 

(hours) 

FARS .................................................................................... 34,205 52 3.13 2,056.94 106,909 

NTS ...................................................................................... 585 25 0.5 12 300 

Total .............................................................................. 34,790 52 ........................ ........................ 107,209 

The annual burden and associated 

costs for this information collection 

have increased from 106,244 to 107,209 

hours due to the increase in the 

complexity of coding the FARS cases 

along with an increase in the number of 

fatal crashes across most jurisdictions, 

and accounting for the processing of the 

non-traffic fatalities. Furthermore, over 

the past two years, there has been an 

increase in staff turnover at the State 

level, adding an increase in 

administrative hours to provide for State 

field personnel turnover, training, and 

coding assistance to continue 

operations. This is an increase of 965 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$0. 

NHTSA estimates that there are no 

costs associated with this information 

collection other than labor costs 

associated with burden hours. This is a 

decrease of $100,000 from when 

NHTSA last sought approval for this 

information collection. The decrease in 

costs is a result of removing labor costs 

associated with labor hours that were 

incorrectly included in response to 

question 13, which was incorrect. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

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of the information to be collected; and 

(d) 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Chou-Lin Chen, 

Associate Administrator, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0051] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; National Survey of 

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, 

Knowledge, and Behaviors 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

reinstatement with modification of a 

previously approved collection of 

information. 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 National 

Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist 

Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 3, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2021–0051 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, 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. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Kristie 

Johnson, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral 

Safety Research (NPD–310), (202) 366– 

2755, kristie.johnson@dot.gov, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

W46–498, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify 

the relevant collection of information by 

referring to its OMB Control Number 

2127–0684. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an 

agency submits a proposed collection of 

information to OMB for approval, it 

must first publish a document in the 

Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: National Survey of Pedestrian 

and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge, and 

Behaviors. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0684. 

Form Numbers: NHTSA Forms 1148, 

1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

information collection (OMB Control 

No. 2127–0684). 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA is seeking 

approval to conduct a National Survey 

of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, 

Knowledge, and Behaviors by web and 

mail among a national probability 

sample of 7,500 adults (and 150 adults 

for a pilot survey), age 18 and older to 

obtain up-to-date information about 

bicyclist and pedestrian attitudes and 

behaviors. Participation by respondents 

would be voluntary. Survey topics 

include the extent to which Americans 

engage in walking and bicycling 

activity, their attitudes toward and 

experience with various facilities, road 

conditions, and technologies, and their 

opinions on pedestrian and bicycling 

safety topics. 

In conducting the proposed research, 

the survey would use computer-assisted 

web interviewing (i.e., a programmed, 

self-administered web survey) to 

minimize recording errors, as well as 

optical mark recognition and image 

scanning for the paper and pencil 

survey to facilitate ease of use and data 

accuracy. A Spanish-language survey 

option would be used to minimize 

language barriers to participation. 

Surveys would be conducted with 

respondents using an address-based 


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