Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form NHTSA Form 1612 Monthly Reports Form	New
Form NHTSA Form 1612 ADS one-day reports, update Form	New
Form NHTSA Form 1612 ADS one-day reports, initial Form	New
Form NHTSA Form 1612 Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, update Form	New
Form NHTSA Form 1612 Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, initial Form	New
PRA SS Part A ADS ADAS Incident Reporting 2021-06-22 1627FINALv3clean.docx Supporting Statement A	2021-06-29
Emergency Clearance Request - Standing General Order.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-06-29

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
248104	Setting Up MAP Account	New
248103	Training	New
248102	Monthly Reports Form	New
248101	ADS one-day reports, update Form	New
248100	ADS one-day reports, initial Form	New
248099	Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, update Form	New
248098	Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, initial Form	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202106-2127-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 06/30/2021
Date Submitted to OIRA: 06/29/2021

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	6 Months From Approved
Responses	8,245	0
Time Burden (Hours)	12,539	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: This information collection request (ICR) is for an information collection that will require manufacturers of motor vehicles and equipment and operators of motor vehicles to submit incident reports for certain crashes involving Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Standing General Order 2021-01 (General Order) will require vehicle and equipment manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with ADS or Level 2 ADAS to report crashes that meet specified criteria to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ADS and ADAS are new technologies that fundamentally alter the task of driving a motor vehicle by automating certain driver inputs (e.g., steering, acceleration, and braking) and decision making (e.g., path following and obstacle avoidance) that would otherwise be left to human control. Given the rapid evolution of these technologies and testing of new technologies and features on publicly accessible roads, it is critical for NHTSA to exercise its robust oversight over potential safety defects in vehicles operating with ADS and Level 2 ADAS. Crashes involving these vehicles have already resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries, and NHTSA anticipates that the number of these crashes will continue to grow in the near future given the increased number of vehicles on the road equipped with these technologies and the increased number of vehicle and equipment manufacturers in the market. The Standing General Order will provide the agency with critical and timely safety data, which will assist the agency in identifying potential safety issues resulting from the operation of advanced technologies on public roads. Access to this crash data may show whether there are common patterns in driverless vehicle crashes or systematic problems with specific vehicles or systems, any of which may reflect a potential defect. The reporting entities will be required to report crashes where the ADS or Level 2 ADAS was engaged or in use immediately (≤ 30 seconds) before the crash. A manufacturer will be required to report any crash involving an ADS or Level 2 ADAS equipped vehicle that results in any individual being transported to a hospital for medical treatment, a fatality, a vehicle tow-away, or an air bag deployment or that involves a vulnerable road user. The manufacturer must report within one day after the reporting entity receives notice of the crash; an updated report will be due 10 days after receiving notice. The 10-day report utilizes the same form and requests the same information as the 1-day reports. The 10-day report is a required follow up to the 1-day report because it is anticipated that, for some of these crashes, the reporting entity will have minimal information on the day after it receives notice. The proposed General Order therefore requires both the 1-day report, to give the agency prompt notice of a crash that may justify immediate follow up, and the 10-day report, to give the reporting entity more time to gather information required by the incident report form. No additional or incremental information is required for the 10-day report. A report regarding any crash involving an ADS equipped vehicle that does not meet the previous criteria but nonetheless involves personal injury or property damage will be due on the fifteenth day of the month after the reporting entity receives notice of the crash. A reporting entity that receives new material or materially different information regarding a crash previously reported to NHTSA will be required to file an updated report the following month. A reporting entity that has no new or updated crash reports for a given month will be required to file a report stating so on the fifteenth day of the following month.

Emergency Justfication: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requests emergency processing of a request for approval of a collection of information concerning crash reporting for vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and SAE Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). NHTSA seeks emergency clearance for this information collection request for the maximum permissible period under 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13(f). NHTSA requests that emergency approval be granted within one (1) business day after it submits this request for emergency approval. NHTSA is requesting emergency processing of this request because the proposed collection of information (1) is needed prior to the expiration of the time periods established under 5 C.F.R. Part 1320, (2) is essential to NHTSA’s mission, and (3) public harm is reasonably likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed. See 44 U.S.C. § 3507(j); 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13(a). The proposed collection involves crash data relating to ADS and ADAS equipped vehicles to assist the agency in identifying potential defects. Absent the information sought through this proposed collection, the agency will be limited in ability to “protect[] the public against unreasonable risk of accidents occurring because of the design, construction, or performance of a motor vehicle and against unreasonable risk of death or injury in an accident.” 49 U.S.C. § 30102(a)(9). Recent crashes involving ADS and/or Level 2 ADAS equipped vehicles have resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, and public harm is reasonably likely to result absent emergency approval. Upon receipt of the emergency approval, NHTSA will issue a Standing General Order requiring manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with ADS or Level 2 ADAS to report crashes where the systems were engaged or in use immediately before the crash. Specifically, NHTSA’s Order will require the specified companies to report certain crashes within one day of learning of them, update those reports within ten days, and update reports of crashes and report certain other ADS crashes monthly. The Order will provide the agency with critical and timely safety data and help it understand the extent to which incidents are potentially a result of safety defects, including whether manufacturers have failed to appropriately design their systems based on their foreseeable 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 misuse. Access to ADS data may show whether there are common patterns in driverless vehicle crashes or systematic problems in operation. Accordingly, this Order will enable NHTSA to collect information necessary for the agency to identify unreasonable safety risks requiring recalls, even as the technology deployed continues to evolve. NHTSA has taken all practicable steps to consider the interests of other interested agencies and members of the public in order to minimize the burden of the collection of information. NHTSA requests that OMB approve or disapprove the collection of information no later than the following business day.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 301 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety Act
   US Code: 49 USC 30166 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety Act
   US Code: 49 USC 30118-30120 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 7

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
ADS one-day reports, initial	NHTSA Form 1612	ADS ADAS Inicident Report
ADS one-day reports, update	NHTSA Form 1612	ADS ADAS Incident Report
Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, initial	NHTSA Form 1612	ADS ADAS Incident Report
Level 2 ADAS one-day reports, update	NHTSA Form 1612	ADS ADAS Incident Report
Monthly Reports	NHTSA Form 1612	ADS ADAS Incident Report
Setting Up MAP Account
Training

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	8,245	0	0	8,245	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,539	0	0	12,539	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the change in burden as a result of this program change to be 12,539 hours and $0.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $64,771

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 06/29/2021

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