New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
08/30/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
1,985
0
1,655
0
0
0
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking OMB approval to conduct a voluntary national survey of active law enforcement officers. The purpose of the survey would be to solicit officersâ opinions about the crash data variables described in the current fifth edition of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline (DOT HS 812 433, July 2017) as well as to test officersâ abilities to accurately report crash data using both existing MMUCC variables and proposed new or modified variables.
The MMUCC guideline identifies a minimum set of motor vehicle crash data variables and their attributes that States should consider collecting and including in their State crash data systems. MMUCC is a voluntary, minimum set of standardized data variables for describing motor vehicle traffic crashes. MMUCC promotes data uniformity within the highway safety community by creating a foundation for State crash data systems to provide the information necessary to improve highway safety. The crash data is used to identify issues, determine highway safety messages and strategic communication campaigns, optimize the location of selective law enforcement, inform decision-makers of needed highway safety legislation, and evaluate the impact of highway safety countermeasures. NHTSA developed MMUCC with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) in 1998 and have regularly updated the guidelines together, with the most recent fifth edition published in 2017.
NHTSA intends to conduct this information collection to inform a committee of State experts as they meet to provide input into the content of the next edition of MMUCC. NHTSA will collect the information using online surveys and analyze it to identify problematic crash data elements and concepts. A discussion of the aggregate results of this research will be published as an appendix to the next edition of MMUCC. This is a new data collection that will be conducted once to inform the sixth edition of MMUCC. Responding to this data collection is voluntary and each participant will be provided an honorarium.
US Code:
23 USC 403
Name of Law: Highway Safety Research and Development
US Code:
49 USC 30182
Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety Research and Development
This is a new collection. Therefore, the entire burden cost and number of burden hours represents a program change. The program change is adding 1,655 burden hours into NHTSAâs overall total for this new collection.
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:
(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;
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.