Document ID: NHTSA-2016-0049-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria
Posted Date: 2016-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23549-23550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09231]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0049]

Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 
coordination with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration (FMCSA), are in the process of reviewing the 
Guidelines for the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Fourth 
Edition, dated December 2012, and request comments to determine if 
updates or improvements are appropriate. The MMUCC provides States with 
a dataset for describing crashes of motor vehicles in transport that 
generates the information necessary to improve highway safety within 
each State and nationally. Crash data users may comment on the utility 
of the current MMUCC guidelines and suggest changes for the next update 
to MMUCC. Based on the input received in response to this notice, NHTSA 
and GHSA anticipate issuing draft changes to the Guidelines by fall 
2017.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID number 
NHTSA-2016-0049 or by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30 U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket Management Facility, M-30 
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Governors Highway Safety Association Web site: Go to 
www.ghsa.org. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Regardless of how you submit your comments, you should identify the 
Docket number of this notice.
    Note that all comments received in response to this notice at 
www.regulations.gov or www.ghsa.org will be posted without change to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. Please read 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 Statement in the Federal Register published on April 
11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://docketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Confidential Information: If you wish to submit any information 
under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three copies of 
your complete submission, including the information you claim to be 
confidential business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. In addition, you 
should submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed 
confidential business information, to Docket Management at the address 
given above under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing 
information claimed to be confidential business information, you should 
include a cover letter setting forth the information specified in our 
confidential business information regulation. (49 CFR part 512) 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.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to 
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic issues: John Siegler, 
Office of Traffic Records and Analysis, NSA-221, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-1268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria 
(MMUCC) provides a dataset for describing crashes of motor vehicles in 
transport that generates the information necessary to improve highway 
safety within each State and nationally. Statewide motor vehicle 
traffic crash data systems provide the basic information necessary for 
effective highway and traffic safety efforts at any level of 
government--local, State, or Federal. State crash data are used to 
perform problem identification, establish goals and performance 
measures, allocate resources, determine the progress of specific 
programs, and support the development and evaluation of highway and 
vehicle safety countermeasures. Unfortunately, the use of State crash 
data is often hindered by the lack of uniformity between and within 
States.
    MMUCC represents a voluntary and collaborative effort to generate 
uniform

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crash data that are accurate, reliable, and credible for data-driven 
highway safety decisions within a State, between States, and at the 
national level. MMUCC was originally developed in response to requests 
by States interested in improving and standardizing their State crash 
data. Lack of uniform reporting made the sharing and comparison of 
State crash data difficult. Different elements and definitions resulted 
in incomplete data and misleading results. MMUCC recommends voluntary 
implementation of a ``minimum set'' of standardized data elements to 
promote comparability of data within the highway safety community. It 
serves as a foundation for State crash data systems. The next planned 
update of the MMUCC Guideline is scheduled for 2017.
    Implementation of MMUCC is a collaborative effort involving NHTSA, 
the GHSA, FHWA, and FMCSA. Additional information about the MMUCC 
update can be found on the Governor's Highway Safety Association Web 
site www.ghsa.org. Full text of the current version of the Guidelines 
(MMUCC Fourth Edition, 2012) can be viewed in the docket or on the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web site at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811631.pdf.

Terry T. Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and 
Analysis.
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