[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52587-52588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21302]
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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
[email protected].
Marilena Amoni,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2010-21302 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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