Document ID: NHTSA-2019-0066-0003
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Crash Report Sampling System
Posted Date: 2019-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57157-57158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23179]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-14785]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for 
Comment; Crash Report Sampling System

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments on an extension of a 
previously-approved information collection.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review, and requests comments on the ICR. A Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on July 12, 2019. NHTSA 
received one comment on the 60-day notice, stating the importance of 
gathering crash data, leveraging technology, and engaging in analysis 
to find commonalities in crashes and better protect the public. NHTSA 
has concluded that it is not necessary to make any changes to the 
information collection based on this comment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725-17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Jonae Anderson, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, W53-470, NSA-210, Washington, DC 20590. Mrs. Anderson's 
telephone number is (202) 366-1028. Please identify the relevant 
collection of

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information by referring to its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain 
information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these requirements, 
this notice announces that the following information collection request 
has been forwarded to OMB.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the information collection was published on July 12, 2019 
(84 FR 33314). NHTSA received one anonymous comment on the 60-day 
notice, stating the importance of gathering crash data, leveraging 
technology, and engaging in analysis to find commonalities in crashes 
and better protect the public.
    NHTSA is committed to collecting and analyzing traffic safety data 
to identify trends and develop effective countermeasures to make our 
nation's roads safer for all users. The agency leverages a variety of 
specialized technology and personnel resources to manage its data 
collection systems, CRSS included, and works continually to improve its 
collection and analytical capabilities. Results of these efforts can be 
seen in the annual data files NHTSA publishes, which are critical 
resources for all engaged in highway safety research. Additionally, 
NHTSA provides analytical and statistical support to the public, as 
well publishing the annual Traffic Safety Facts report, which provides 
descriptive statistics regarding the current year's traffic crashes. 
Historical annual reports are also available and located here: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#/DocumentTypeList/12.
    NHTSA has concluded that current crash data collection and analysis 
efforts adequately reflect the intent of this comment and it is not 
necessary to make any changes to information collection procedures 
based on this comment.
    Title: The Crash Report Sampling System.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0714.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously-approved collection of 
information.
    Type of Review Requested: Regular.
    Affected Public: Local Police Jurisdictions and State Crash 
Database Owners.
    Abstract: Under both the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the 
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-563, 
Title 1, Sec. 106, 108, and 112) NHTSA has the responsibility to 
collect crash data that support the establishment and enforcement of 
motor vehicle regulations and highway safety programs. These 
regulations and programs are developed to reduce fatalities and the 
property damage associated with motor vehicle crashes. NHTSA's National 
Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) maintains a multidisciplinary 
approach to meet our users' data needs utilizing an efficient 
combination of census, sample-based, investigation, and existing State 
files to provide timely information on traffic crashes. CRSS provides 
sample-based data on fatal, serious injury, and property-damage-only 
(PDO) crashes that helps users understand highway safety problem areas, 
develop countermeasures, and identify trends.
    CRSS obtains data from a nationally representative probability 
sample selected from police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes. 
Specifically, the CRSS data set includes crashes involving at least one 
motor vehicle in transport on a trafficway that result in property 
damage, injury, or a fatality. The crash reports sampled are chosen 
from selected areas that reflect the geography, population, miles 
driven, and the number of crashes in the United States. No additional 
data beyond the selected crash reports is collected. Additionally, the 
CRSS program neither collects nor publishes any personally identifiable 
information. Once the crash reports are received they are coded and the 
data is entered into the CRSS database.
    CRSS acquires national information on fatalities, injuries, and 
property damage directly from existing State police crash reports. The 
user population includes Federal and State agencies, automobile 
manufacturers, insurance companies, and the private sector.
    Frequency: Ongoing.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 320 Respondents.
    Respondents include a combination of State agencies that maintain 
crash data report databases and local police jurisdictions that 
investigate crashes and complete crash reports.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 35,680 hours.
    Per the below table, burden hours are calculated differently based 
on the data collection method. The revised burden estimates in the 
below table describe the burden for each data collection methods. These 
estimates are based upon observation and review of the individual PSU's 
area documentation, which describes the data collection protocols in 
detail.

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                                                                     Hours per     Jurisdiction
                          Access method                            jurisdiction     (PJ/state)      Total hours
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EDT (Implementation)............................................             200               3             600
EDT (Maintenance)...............................................               5               8              40
State Website...................................................              10              14             140
Web Service.....................................................              60               2             120
Manual..........................................................             470              74          34,780
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    Grand Total.................................................  ..............  ..............          35,680
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    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.

    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 for the National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
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