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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)
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.
AGENCY:

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.

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SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before June 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
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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
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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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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
1 NHTSA’s information collection for CRSS is
covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127–
0714.
2 NHTSA’s information collection for CISS is
covered by the ICR with OMB Control No. 2127–
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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
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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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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
Cases
processed

Burden category
FARS EDT (mapping maintenance) ....................................
FARS EDT Manual Case Entry (supporting case materials) ..................................................................................
FARS Manual Protocol Case Entry Process (including
supporting case materials) ...............................................
FARS Manual Protocol In-kind Process Support ................
Total ..............................................................................

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

Participating
respondents

Burden per
response
(hours)

Hours per
respondent

Total hours

N/A

19

N/A

2

38

18,000

19

2.00

1,895

36,000

16,205
N/A

33
8

4.25
N/A

2,087
250

68,871
2,000

34,205

52

3.13

2,056.94

106,909

the total burden for NTS case
identification and coding is 300 hours
annually (25 respondents × 12 hours).
Burden for FARS and NTS

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.

NHTSA estimates the total annual
burden for the two information

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF BURDENS FOR FARS AND NTS

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Information collection

Responses

Respondents

Burden per
response

Hours per
respondent

Total burden
(hours)

FARS ....................................................................................
NTS ......................................................................................

34,205
585

52
25

3.13
0.5

2,056.94
12

106,909
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
enhance the quality, utility and clarity

3 The burden associated with this task is
accounted for under NHTSA ICR that covers EDT
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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
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.
AGENCY:

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://

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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, [email protected], 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)

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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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