
[Federal Register: August 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 165)]
[Notices]               
[Page 52587-52588]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2010-0122]

 
2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)/National 
Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) Updates

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for advertisement of public meeting via webinar. 
Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/
register/428930602.

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SUMMARY: In 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) took a big step toward the goal of unifying the FARS and NASS 
GES data definitions and changes, simplifying crash data entry and 
analysis while also reducing costs and errors. The Data Standardization 
Work Group, consisting of representatives from NHTSA, the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA), was chartered in 2006. The mission of the work 
group was to improve the compatibility of FARS and NASS GES and to 
bring both systems into alignment with the Model Minimum Uniform Crash 
Criteria (MMUCC), the guideline used now by nearly all States in the 
development and revision of their crash report forms and databases. 
After a thorough review of the data elements and attributes (variable 
values) in FARS and NASS GES and comparison to the recommended MMUCC 
data elements and attributes, the first of two phases of identified 
standardization changes were implemented in 2009, involving 45 common 
data elements. The second and much larger phase involving all the 
remaining variables was implemented in 2010. This webinar will 
highlight the 2009 changes. Also, NCSA will be presenting ``how to 
use'' the auxiliary files created from the FARS and NASS GES data 
bases.
    Join us for a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA)--2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) & National 
Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES) 
Updates--Grand Rounds Electronic Webinar. Reserve your Webinar seat now 
at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/428930602.
    This Webinar will be recorded.

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DATES: September 14, 2010 @ 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Refer to the docket notice number cited at the beginning of 
this notice and send your comments by any of the following methods:
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday-Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Rhea, Chief, State Data 
Reporting Systems Division, Office of Data Acquisitions (NVS-412), Room 
W53-304, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Rhea's 
telephone number is (202) 366-2714 and e-mail address is 
barbara.rhea@dot.gov.

Marilena Amoni,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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