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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2026–0529]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comment; Incident Reporting for
Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and
Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance
Systems (ADAS)
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for extension of
a currently approved information
collection with modifications.
SUMMARY: 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 with modifications. 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
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including extensions and reinstatements
of previously approved collections. This
document describes NHTSA’s
information collection for incident
reporting requirements for Automated
Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
(ADAS). NHTSA previously requested
and received a three-year approval of
this information collection. NHTSA
now requests OMB’s approval for a
three-year extension of this currently
approved information collection with
modifications. These modifications
streamlined reporting requirements to
reduce burdens compared to the prior
version of this information collection
and sharpening the focus on safety
critical information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket No. NHTSA–
2021–0070 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) 366–9826 or (202) 366–
9317 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://
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personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
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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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or access to
background documents, contact Michael
Kuppersmith, Office of Chief Counsel, at
[email protected],
Telephone: (202) 366–9957; Mailing
address: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
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
(including a request for an extension of
a currently approved collection), 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 (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
extension, for which the agency is
seeking approval from OMB, of a
currently approved collection of
information with modifications.
Title: Incident Reporting for
Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and
Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance
Systems (ADAS).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0754.
Form Number(s): Form 1612.
Type of Request: Approval of an
extension of a currently approved
collection of information with
modifications.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
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information collection request (ICR) for
which NHTSA intends to request an
extension requires certain
manufacturers of motor vehicles and
equipment and operators of motor
vehicles to submit incident reports for
certain crashes involving ADS and Level
2 ADAS. These crash reporting
obligations are set forth in NHTSA’s
Standing General Order 2021–01
(General Order), which requires those
manufacturers and operators named in
and served with the General Order to
report crashes that meet specified
criteria to NHTSA.1
Specifically, the General Order
requires the named manufacturers and
operators (the reporting entities) to
submit reports if they receive notice of
certain crashes involving an ADS or
Level 2 ADAS equipped vehicle that
occur on publicly accessible roads in
the United States. To be reportable, the
vehicle, the ADS, or the Level 2 ADAS
must have been manufactured by the
reporting entity or the vehicle must
have been operated by an ADS reporting
entity at the time of the crash, and the
ADS or Level 2 ADAS must have been
engaged at the time of or immediately
before (≤30 seconds) the crash. The
reporting obligations are limited to
those entities served with the General
Order. The General Order imposes no
reporting obligations on any other
companies and likewise imposes no
reporting obligations on any individual
consumers.
In the event of a reportable crash, the
General Order requires the reporting
entity to submit an incident report
electronically to NHTSA. The required
report includes basic information
sufficient for NHTSA to identify those
crashes warranting follow-up. Crashes
involving ADS or Level 2 ADAS
equipped vehicles that meet specified
criteria must be reported within five
calendar days after the reporting entity
receives notice of the crash, and other
crashes involving ADS equipped
vehicles must be reported on a monthly
basis. The reporting obligations in the
General Order are specific to these
crashes, which are a primary source of
information regarding potential defects
in ADS or Level 2 ADAS.
The agency has been receiving
incident reports under its existing
approval. Based on the agency’s
experience in reviewing these reports
and on the public comments it has
received previously, NHTSA has
amended the General Order. These
amendments streamlined the reporting
1 A copy of the General Order is available on
NHTSA’s website at https://www.nhtsa.gov/lawsregulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting.

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requirements of prior versions of the
General Order to reduce burdens and
more efficiently collect actionable
information. These amendments refined
the focus of reporting on critical safety
information while removing
unnecessary and duplicative
requirements. The specific requirements
are detailed later in this notice. In
general, they streamline the reporting
requirements in several key ways: (1)
making reports of the most severe types
of crashes due within five days and
reports of less severe crashes due
monthly; (2) refining the scope of
crashes that are reportable for ADS and
ADAS, such as by adding a property
damage threshold for less severe crashes
involving ADS; (3) eliminating the
requirement in prior versions of the
General Order that multiple entities
report the same crash, except in
situations where entities have different
information from one another; (4)
eliminating requirements that entities
must update reports at designated
intervals even if no new information
exists; (5) eliminating the requirement
that entities submit reports to NHTSA
each month even if they have no crashes
to report for that month; and (6)
streamlining the electronic form used
for reporting by eliminating data
elements that are not safety critical.
More specifically, under Request No.
1 of the General Order, a reporting
entity must 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, an air bag
deployment, or that involves a strike of
a vulnerable road user. If the crash
involved a subject vehicle equipped
with an ADS, a reporting entity must
also report any crash resulting in a
vehicle tow-away. Under any of these
circumstances, the reporting entity must
submit a report within five days after
the reporting entity receives notice of
the crash. Under Request No. 3,
reporting entities must submit an
updated report if they receive notice of
any materially new or materially
different information for specified
fields: VIN, engagement status, source,
highest severity alleged, subject vehicle
damage, subject vehicle pre-crash
movement, air bags deployment status
for any vehicle involved, data
availability, and narrative. This updated
report is due on the fifteenth day of the
month following the month in which
they received notice of the new or
different information.
Separately, under Request No. 2 of the
General Order, a reporting entity must
report any crash involving an ADS
equipped vehicle that does not meet the

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previous criteria but nonetheless
involves property damage. These reports
are due on the fifteenth day of the
month after the reporting entity receives
notice of the crash. Specifically, Request
No. 2 requires reports for crashes in
which the property damage is
reasonably expected to exceed $1,000,
the subject vehicle was the only vehicle
involved in the crash, or the subject
vehicle struck another vehicle or object
(as opposed to being struck). The reports
required under Request No. 2 and
Request No. 3 utilize the same form and
request the same information as the fiveday reports required under Request No.
1.
This information collection provides
NHTSA with information it needs to
carry out its statutory mandate 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.
On March 6, 2023, OMB approved
NHTSA’s three-year extension of its
information collection for the previous
version of the General Order (OMB
Control No. 2127–0754). NHTSA is
publishing this document to seek an
extension of this information collection
with modifications.
NHTSA significantly reduced the
burden of this information collection
through its changes to streamline the
General Order. Specifically, the changes
eliminated some categories of burden
addressed in the prior Paperwork
Reduction Act analysis, saving 5,639
burden hours annually. For other
categories, NHTSA significantly
reduced the burdens by eliminating
unnecessary and duplicative reporting
requirements. NHTSA also expects
reporting to be more efficient now that
most of the reporting entities have more
than five years of experience and
established internal processes. With
these changes, along with NHTSA’s
improved ability to estimate burdens
after more than five years of reporting
under the General Order, NHTSA now
estimates an annual burden of 19,208
hours—a substantial reduction from the
estimated burden associated with the
prior versions of the General Order.
NHTSA requests comment on these
estimates.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: Under the National Traffic
and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as
amended (the Safety Act), 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 301, NHTSA is charged with
authority ‘‘to reduce traffic accidents
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statutory mandate, NHTSA has broad
information gathering authority,
including authority to obtain
information on vehicle crashes,
potential defects related to motor
vehicle safety, and compliance with
legal requirements to timely identify
and conduct recalls for safety defects. 49
U.S.C. 30166(e), (g), 30118–30120; 49
CFR part 510.
Both ADS and ADAS are ‘‘motor
vehicle equipment’’ subject to the
requirements of the Safety Act. Given
the rapid evolution of these
technologies and increasing testing of
new technologies and features on
publicly accessible roads, it is critical
for NHTSA to exercise its oversight over
potential safety defects in vehicles
operating with ADS and Level 2 ADAS.
NHTSA uses the information to
evaluate whether specific manufacturers
(including manufacturers of prototype
vehicles and equipment) are meeting
their statutory obligations to ensure that
their vehicles and equipment are free of
defects that pose an unreasonable risk to
motor vehicle safety or are recalled if
such a safety defect is identified.
NHTSA’s oversight of potential safety
defects in vehicles operating on publicly
accessible roads using ADS or Level 2
ADAS requires that NHTSA have timely
information on incidents involving
those vehicles. In carrying out the Safety
Act, NHTSA may ‘‘require, by general or
special order, any person to file reports
or answers to specific questions.’’ 49
U.S.C. 30166(g)(1)(A).
Affected Public: Vehicle and
equipment manufacturers and operators
of ADS or Level 2 ADAS equipped
vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
110 entities.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 9,574 responses.
Frequency: Monthly and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 19,208 hours.
To estimate the burden associated
with this information collection,
NHTSA separated the requirements of
the General Order into seven
components: (1) incident reports
involving Level 2 ADAS that must be
submitted within five days; (2) updates
to incident reports involving Level 2
ADAS that must be submitted in the
following month; (3) incident reports
involving ADS that must be submitted
within five days; (4) updates to incident
reports involving ADS that must be
submitted in the following month; (5)
initial incident reports involving ADS
that must be submitted in the following
month; (6) training employees on the
requirements; and (7) time to set up an
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burden associated with categories (6)
and (7) are one-time start-up burdens
that will be incurred during the
proposed extension only for new
reporting entities that were added to the
General Order during this period. For
the approximately 114 reporting entities
named in the previous General Order,
this burden has already been and was
accounted for under the currently
approved information collection
request.
The estimated number of respondents
consists of the number of reporting
entities. NHTSA estimates that there
will be an average of 110 reporting
entities during each year of the
proposed extension. Currently, there are
106 reporting entities named in the
General Order. NHTSA believes that
additional reporting entities may be
added to the General Order during the
proposed extension as new companies
enter the market and begin developing
and manufacturing ADS and ADAS
technology and vehicles equipped with
these technologies. NHTSA also
believes that some existing reporting
entities may be removed from the
General Order due to the cessation of
operations or market consolidation.
Incident reports involving Level 2
ADAS that must be submitted within
five days. To estimate the burden
associated with submitting Level 2
ADAS crash reports, NHTSA first
looked to the category of crashes that
must be reported. As explained above,
the General Order only requires
reporting of Level 2 ADAS crashes when
(1) the crash occurred on a publicly
accessible road in the United States
(including any of its territories); (2) the
Level 2 ADAS was engaged at any time
during the period from 30 seconds
immediately prior to the
commencement of the crash through the
conclusion of the crash; and (3) the
crash resulted in any individual being
transported to a hospital for medical
treatment, a fatality, an air bag
deployment, or the strike of a vulnerable
road user.2 These crashes must be
reported within five days. Based on the
number of manufacturers that
manufacture vehicles equipped with
Level 2 ADAS systems in calendar year
2025, NHTSA estimates that it will
receive responses from approximately
43 respondents reporting Level 2 ADAS
2 A ‘‘vulnerable road user’’ is defined in the
General Order to mean and include ‘‘any person
who is not an occupant of a motor vehicle with
more than three wheels. This definition includes,
but is not limited to, pedestrians, persons traveling
in wheelchairs, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and riders
or occupants of other transport vehicles that are not
motor vehicles, such as all-terrain vehicles and
tractors.’’

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crashes each year. Further, after
evaluating information available to the
agency regarding the number of Level 2
ADAS crashes and the number of
vehicles equipped with Level 2 ADAS,
NHTSA estimates that it will receive, on
average, 3,704 Level 2 ADAS related
crash reports each year. This estimate
includes projections based on amended
reporting criteria and increasing market
penetration and consumer acceptance of
partial automation technologies.
NHTSA believes this is a high-end
estimate and will refine it further after
seeking public comment. NHTSA
expects that the number of crash reports
submitted by each respondent will vary
significantly, with some respondents
submitting many more reports than
others. However, on average, NHTSA
estimates that each respondent will
submit, on average, 86 crash reports per
year. NHTSA estimates that it will take
respondents approximately 2 hours to
compile and submit each crash report
(Engineer: 1 hour; Engineering Manager:
20 minutes; Lawyer: 20 minutes; and
Computer and Information Manager: 20
minutes). Therefore, NHTSA estimates
the total annual burden hours for
submitting Level 2 ADAS crash reports
to be approximately 172 hours per
respondent (2 hours × 86 crash reports)
and approximately 7,396 hours for all
respondents (172 hours × 43
respondents).
Updates to incident reports involving
Level 2 ADAS that must be submitted in
the following month. In addition to
submitting information on certain Level
2 ADAS crashes within five days,
reporting entities must also submit
updated information, if any, by the
fifteenth day in the following month.
Based on NHTSA’s experience with
reports submitted so far, NHTSA
estimates that for 9% of Level 2 ADAS
crashes first reported in a five-day
report, respondents may need to submit
updated information. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates that approximately 333
monthly reports will include updated
crash information (3,704 Level 2 ADAS
five-day crashes × 9%) or approximately
eight updated crash reports for each of
the 43 Level 2 ADAS respondents.
NHTSA estimates that updating the
updated crash reports will take
approximately 2 hours per report.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that it will
take each Level 2 ADAS respondent
approximately 16 hours each year to
submit Level 2 ADAS crash reports
updates (2 hours × 8 crash reports) and
approximately 688 hours for all Level 2
ADAS respondents (16 hours × 43
respondents).
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estimate the number of five-day ADS
crash reports, NHTSA first looked to the
category of crashes that must be
reported. The requirements for when
ADS crashes must be reported within
five days are nearly the same as for
Level 2 ADAS crashes, except ADS
crashes involving a vehicle tow away
are required to be reported. This
difference accounts for the greater
degree of oversight warranted for ADSequipped vehicles, which allow the
vehicle automation systems more
extensive control authority over the
Dynamic Driving Task (DDT). The
General Order requires reporting ADS
crashes when (1) the crash occurred on
a publicly accessible road in the United
States (including any of its territories);
(2) the ADS was engaged at any time
during the period from 30 seconds
immediately prior to the
commencement of the crash through the
conclusion of the crash; and (3) the
crash resulted in any individual being
transported to a hospital for medical
treatment, a fatality, an air bag
deployment, vehicle tow away, or the
strike of a vulnerable road user. These
crashes must be reported within five
days. Based on these criteria and crash
reports submitted in prior versions of
the General Order, NHTSA estimates
that it will receive responses from 67
respondents reporting ADS crashes each
year and expects that there will be
approximately 5,425 ADS crashes in a
year that manufacturers and operators
will be required to report to NHTSA.
Some of these crashes will be required
to be submitted within five days, and
the rest will be required to be submitted
in the following month in a monthly
report.
Based on NHTSA’s review of crash
reports already received under all
versions of the General Order, NHTSA
estimates that 2,810 ADS crash reports
a year will be submitted within five
days, or approximately 42 crash reports
from each of the 67 respondents.
NHTSA estimates that each ADS crash
report will take 2 hours to complete and
submit (Engineer: 1 hour; Engineering
Manager: 20 minutes; Lawyer: 20
minutes; and Computer and Information
Manager: 20 minutes). Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the burden per
respondent to be approximately 84
hours (42 crash reports × 2 hours) and
approximately 5,628 hours for all
respondents (84 hours × 67
respondents).
Updates to incident reports involving
ADS that must be submitted in the
following month. In addition to
submitting information on certain ADS
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information, if any, by the fifteenth day
of the following month. NHTSA
estimates that for 4% of ADS crashes
first reported in a five-day report,
respondents may need to submit
updated information. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates that approximately 112
monthly reports will include updated
crash information (2,810 ADS five-day
crashes × 4%), or approximately 2
reports from each of the 67 respondents.
ADS typically utilize multiple sensors
and cameras and tend to have relatively
advanced data recording and telemetry
capabilities. As a result, crashes
involving vehicles where the ADS is
performing the DDT can generally be
reported with detail. NHTSA estimates
that updating the crash reports will take
approximately 2 hours per report.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates that it will
take each respondent approximately 4
hours each year to submit updated ADS
crash reports (2 hours × 2 crash reports)
and approximately 268 hours for all
ADS respondents (4 hours × 67
respondents).
Initial incident reports involving ADS
that must be submitted in the following
month. This information collection
requires ADS manufacturers and
operators to submit reports of certain
incidents—reportable incidents that do
not meet any of the criteria for a fiveday report—by the fifteenth day of the
following month. To estimate the
burden of these monthly reports,
NHTSA considered the burden of
reports of initial ADS crash reports that
it has already received. NHTSA
estimates there will be 67 ADS vehicle
manufacturers and operators that will be
required to submit monthly reports each
year, for a total of approximately 2,615
monthly reports annually or
approximately 39 reports per
respondent.
NHTSA estimates that each monthly
report submitted by an ADS
manufacturer or operator will take 2
hours to submit. NHTSA estimates that
there will be at least 67 ADS
manufacturers and operators with some
manufacturers producing both ADAS
and ADS equipped vehicles. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates that respondents will
spend approximately 5,226 hours
annually preparing and submitting
monthly reports (67 ADS manufacturers
and operators × 39 monthly reports × 2
hours).
Training employees on the
requirements. In addition to the burden
associated with preparing and
submitting reports, any new reporting
entities added to the General Order may
also need to train employees on the
reporting requirements. As explained
above, the existing 106 reporting entities

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named in the General Order will not
incur this burden during the requested
extension. NHTSA estimates that there
will be an average of 4 new reporting
entities added to the General Order each
year during the proposed extension, that
an average of 4 of these new reporting
entities will be ADS manufacturers or
operators and that an average of 0 of
these new reporting entities will be
Level 2 ADAS manufacturers. However,
NHTSA expects that ADS manufacturers
and operators normally monitor all
crashes and, therefore, will not need to
train personnel on how to respond to
this new information collection.
Accordingly, NHTSA does not believe
this category will measurably increase
the burden.
Time to set up an account to submit
the reports. NHTSA also estimates that
new responding entities added to the
General Order during the proposed
extension period will need to set up a
new account with NHTSA to allow
them to submit reports. NHTSA
estimates that each of the estimated
average of 4 responding entities added

to the General Order annually need to
set up new accounts with NHTSA.
NHTSA estimates that setting up an
account will take 0.5 hours. Therefore,
NHTSA estimates the total annual
burden to be 2 hours.
NHTSA estimates the total annual
burden hours for the seven components
of this ICR to be 19,208 hours (7,396
hours for initial five-day Level 2 ADAS
reports, 688 hours for updated Level 2
ADAS reports, 5,628 hours for initial
five-day ADS reports, 268 hours for
updated ADS reports, 5,226 hours for
initial ADS monthly reports, 0 hours for
training, and 2 hours for setting up new
accounts), a reduction from the 31,319
hours under the previously approved
collection.
To calculate the labor cost associated
with preparing and submitting crash
reports and reports, training, and setting
up new accounts, NHTSA looked at
wage estimates for the type of personnel
involved with these activities. NHTSA
estimates the total labor costs associated
with these burden hours by looking at
the average wage for architectural and

engineering managers in the motor
vehicle manufacturing industry
(Architectural and Engineering
Managers, Standard Occupational
Classification #11–9041), Engineers (17–
2000), Lawyers (23–1011), and
Computer and Information System
Managers (11–3021). NHTSA estimates
the total labor costs associated with
these burden hours by looking at the
seventy-fifth percentile wage for
architectural and engineering managers,
computer and information systems
managers, and engineers in the motor
vehicle manufacturing industry and the
seventy-fifth percentile wage for
lawyers.3 The Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimates that private industry workers’
wages represent 70.2% of total labor
compensation costs.4 Therefore, NHTSA
has weighted the wages accordingly, as
shown in Table 1, and, based on the
estimates of each role’s time spent per
report, calculates the average weighted
hourly wage to be approximately
$126.29.

TABLE 1—LABOR COSTS
Labor category

Computer and Information System Managers (11–13021) in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry (75th percentile) ...........................................................................................
Architectural and Engineering Managers (11–9041) in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry (75th percentile) ........................................................................................................
Engineers (17–2000) in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry (75th percentile) ............
Lawyers (23–1011) in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry (75th percentile) ...............

Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the
total labor cost associated with the
estimated 19,208 annual burden hours
to be approximately $2,425,778.32.

Hourly
labor cost

Wage

Table 2 provides a summary of the
estimated burden hours and labor costs
associated with each submission,
resulting in a modestly different

Estimated time
spent per
crash report
(minutes)

$115.00

$163.82

20

104.50
65.81
115.00

148.86
93.75
163.82

20
60
20

estimated annual labor cost due to
rounding and excluding the time spent
setting up new accounts.

TABLE 2—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS AND LABOR COSTS
Annual
average of
incident
submissions

Average time
to process
each report
(hours)

Level 2 ADAS 5-day reports, initial ...................................
Level 2 ADAS 5-day reports, monthly update ...................
ADS 5-day reports, initial ...................................................
ADS 5-day reports, monthly update ..................................
ADS monthly reports, initial ...............................................

3,704
333
2,810
112
2,615

2
2
2
2
2

Totals ..........................................................................

9,574

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3 See May 2024 National Industry-Specific
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates,
NAICS 336100—Motor Vehicle Manufacturing,
available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
naics4_336100.htm; May 2024 National
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates,

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Estimated
labor cost per
submission

Estimated
annual labor
cost

$126.29
126.29
126.29
126.29
126.29

$252.58
252.58
252.58
252.58
252.58

$935,556.32
84,109.14
709,749.80
28,288.96
660,496.70

........................

..........................

2,418,200.92

Weighted
hourly rate

available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_
nat.htm. Note that the seventy-fifth percentile wage
for lawyers and computer and information systems
managers were not provided by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics because they are equal to or greater than
$115 per hour. Without additional information,

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calculations.
4 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership (June 2025), available
at https://www.bls./.release/ecec.t01.htm.

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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 42 / Wednesday, March 4, 2026 / Notices
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
NHTSA is not aware of any additional
costs respondents will incur nor does
NHTSA have a basis for estimating any
such costs without additional
information. NHTSA believes
respondents will be able to comply with
requirements by only incurring labor
costs associated with the burden hours.
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
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;
(e) ways in which the information
collection could be further streamlined
to reduce even more burdens while
ensuring that crash reporting enables
NHTSA to identify potential defects
with ADS and ADAS timely.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order
1351.29A.
Peter Simshauser,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2026–04240 Filed 3–3–26; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Agreement and
Request for Disposition of a
Decedent’s Treasury Securities
ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service within the Department of the
Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning the Agreement and Request

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for Disposition of a Decedent’s Treasury
Securities.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 4, 2026 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
and requests for additional information
to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A.
Sharp, #T1–G, P.O. Box 1328,
Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agreement and Request for
Disposition of a Decedent’s Treasury
Securities.
OMB Number: 1530–0046.
Form Number: FS Form 5394.
Abstract: The information is
necessary for the disposition of Treasury
securities and/or payments to the
entitled person(s) when the decedent’s
estate was formally administered
through the court and has been closed,
or the estate is being settled in
accordance with State statute without
the necessity of the court appointing a
legal representative.
Current Actions: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
18,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 9,250.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
1. Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; 2. the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; 3. ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; 4.
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and 5. estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Dated: March 2, 2026.
Bruce A. Sharp,
Bureau PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026–04295 Filed 3–3–26; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Special Bond
of Indemnity by Purchaser of United
States Savings Bonds/Notes Involved
in a Chain Letter Scheme
ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.
SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service within the Department of the
Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning the Special Bond of
Indemnity by Purchaser of United States
Savings Bonds/Notes Involved in a
Chain Letter Scheme.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 4, 2026 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
and requests for additional information
to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A.
Sharp, #T1–G, P.O. Box 1328,
Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Special Bond of Indemnity by
Purchaser of United States Savings
Bonds/Notes Involved in a Chain Letter
Scheme.
OMB Number: 1530–0030.
Form Number: FS Form 2966.
Abstract: The information is
requested to support a request for
refund of the purchase price of savings
bonds purchased in a chain letter
scheme.
Current Actions: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
240.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 8
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 32.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
1. Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance

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