Notice2023-07071
Request for Comments; CISS Expansion
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April 5, 2023
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Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract
On November 15, 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Under Sec. 24108(e) Congress authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enhance the collection of crash data by upgrading the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS) to include-- (1) additional program sites; (2) an expanded scope that includes all crash types; and (3) on-scene investigation protocols. The NHTSA is conducting a comprehensive review of the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS) sample design and data collection methods as part of a major effort to upgrade CISS. Users of CISS and other crash data may comment as to the future utility of current CISS, recommend ways to upgrade current CISS, and indicate their anticipated data needs. All comments should be submitted via Docket number NHTSA-2023-0016.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07071]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2023-0016]
Request for Comments; CISS Expansion
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On November 15, 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL). Under Sec. 24108(e) Congress authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation to enhance the collection of crash data by
upgrading the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS) to include--
(1) additional program sites; (2) an expanded scope that includes all
crash types; and (3) on-scene investigation protocols. The NHTSA is
conducting a comprehensive review of the Crash Investigation Sampling
System (CISS) sample design and data collection methods as part of a
major effort to upgrade CISS. Users of CISS and other crash data may
comment as to the future utility of current CISS, recommend ways to
upgrade current CISS, and indicate their anticipated data needs. All
comments should be submitted via Docket number NHTSA-2023-0016.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. NHTSA-
2023-0016 through any of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic submissions: Go to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone can 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 <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/privacy">https://www.transportation.gov/privacy</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets via internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions relating to the redesign
effort, please contact Tina Morgan, National Center for Statistics and
Analysis, NHTSA, telephone: (202) 366-9253, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbfa2a5aae5a6a4b9acaaa58bafa4bfe5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="097d6067682764667b6e6867496d667d276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>.
She may also be reached at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, NSA-010,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Data Review for the upgrade of Crash Investigation Sampling
System (CISS).
Background: NHTSA is undertaking an effort to upgrade the Crash
Investigation Sampling System (CISS) by adding data collection sites,
expanding the scope of crashes investigated and using on-scene
investigation protocols.
CISS collects crash data on a nationally representative sample of
crashes involving at least one passenger vehicle--cars, light trucks,
sport utility vehicles, and vans--towed from the scene. CISS collects
real-world crash data that identifies the primary factors related to
crashes and their injury outcome. CISS data is used throughout the
world by stakeholders, researchers, manufacturers, other Federal
agencies, and safety advocates for making vehicles and highways safer.
The data enables stakeholders to make informed regulatory, program, and
policy decisions regarding vehicle design and traffic safety.
The CISS began implementation in 2015 and by 2018 was collecting
crash
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data from thirty-two (32) fully operational sites. The current scope of
crashes in CISS is limited to crashes involving at least one passenger
vehicle towed from the scene. There are very few crashes in CISS
involving a non-motorist, motorcyclist or large vehicle. CISS
investigates about 4,000 crashes annually making it sometimes difficult
to identify new or emerging crash trends and containing an adequate
number of rare crashes or crashes involving a non-motorist, motorcycle,
large vehicle, or a vehicle with new technology for meaningful
analysis. However, the original sample was designed to be flexible and
scalable to accommodate different types of crashes and increase the
number of data collection sites without redesigning the site sample.
NHTSA plans to utilize these capabilities to increase the number of
data collection sites and types of crashes included in CISS. These
changes will increase the number of crashes investigated annually,
reduce variance of key estimates, and expand the current scope of
crashes.
The current CISS investigation process selects crashes to be
investigated usually 3 to 7 days after the crash. Then crash
technicians locate, visit, measure, and photograph the crash scene;
locate, inspect, and photograph vehicles; conduct a telephone or
personal interview in specific crashes with the involved individuals or
surrogate (another person who can provide occupant or crash
information, such as parents of a minor, or a parent or spouse for the
deceased individual); and obtain and record injury information received
from various medical data sources. From the time of the crash to the
time of investigation, critical evidence from the scene can be
destroyed, altered or removed, vehicles can be hard to locate or
repaired, and people involved tend to forget information related to the
crash. To obtain this critical information, on-scene or rapid response
investigations protocols would be required. On-scene protocols involve
crash investigators arriving at the scene of the crashes before the
crash scene is cleared allowing investigators to collect critical
evidence and interview drivers or witnesses while the crash is still
fresh. Rapid response protocols are where crash investigators arrive at
the scene of the crash 1-2 days after the crash.
NHTSA is pursuing data improvement initiatives that will enhance
the amount of data collected and the quality of the data collected in
CISS as authorized by BIL.
This effort includes the following major objectives:
<bullet> Add more data collection sites to increase the number of
crashes collected and reduce the variance of estimates,
<bullet> Expand the scope of crashes investigated to collect real-
world data for crashes involving other types of vehicles and non-
motorists (pedestrian, pedalcyclist, etc.); and
<bullet> Utilize rapid response investigation protocols to collect
data sooner than the current method to reduce the loss of critical
information needed from the scene, vehicle and people involved.
In order to meet these objectives, NHTSA invites stakeholders to
comment on the types of crashes to include in CISS, propose new data
elements for new crash types, make suggestions on the improving
timeliness of investigation protocols or notification and
identification of crashes, and make any other suggestions they feel
NHTSA should consider in an attempt to improve crash data collection.
For more information about CISS can be reviewed on NHTSA's
websites: <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/crash-data-systems/crash-investigation-sampling-system">https://www.nhtsa.gov/crash-data-systems/crash-investigation-sampling-system</a>. Current CISS data elements, coding instructions, and
descriptive materials can be reviewed on NHTSA's website at: <a href="https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#!/PublicationList/110">https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/#!/PublicationList/110</a> and the CISS crash
viewer at: <a href="https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CISS/SearchIndex">https://crashviewer.nhtsa.dot.gov/CISS/SearchIndex</a>.
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2023-07071 Filed 4-4-23; 8:45 am]
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