National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSAs Mission Save

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NHTSA’s Mission Save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity.

What we do NHTSA works every day to help Americans drive, ride and walk safely. We do this by promoting vehicle safety innovations, rooting out vehicle defects, setting safety standards for cars and trucks, and educating Americans to help them make safer choices when driving, riding, or walking.

NHTSA Organizational Chart

10 Leading Causes of Deaths

Lives Lost on U. S. Roadways in 2015 35, 092

Crashes Due to Human Choice or Error 94%

Fatalities and Fatality Rate, 1975 – 2016

NHTSA Budget by Program FY 2016 Budget $152, 800, 000 Vehicle Safety $573, 332, 000 $142, 900, 000 Highway Safety R&D Highway Traffic Safety Grants Total: $869, 032, 000

Full Time Equivalents By Program 2016 Staffing 91 Vehicle Safety 178 370 Highway Safety R&D Highway Traffic Safety Grants 639 Total

Human Factors

Human Factors FAST Act Grant Programs National Priority Safety Program (Section 405) State and Community Grants (Section 402) • Occupant Protection • State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grants • Impaired Driving • Ignition Interlock • 24/7 Sobriety Programs • Distracted Driving (Comprehensive and Special) • Motorcyclist Safety • Graduated Driver Licensing • Non-motorized Safety

Proactive Vehicle Safety Traditional Approach Mitigate the crash Fix the defect 70 % recall completion Investigate. Recall. Penalize. Repeat. Proactive Approach Prevent the crash Prevent the defect 100% recall completion Work together. Repeat.

Federal Automated Vehicles Policy • 15 Point Safety Assessment: The Vehicle Performance Guidance for Automated Vehicles • Model State Policy • NHTSA’s Current Regulatory Tools • Modern Regulatory Tools

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