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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation - NHTSA
organization URL(s)
other contact information
400 Seventh Street, SW NOA-40
Washington, DC 20590
800-424-8802 (Voice - Toll-free, Chemical Spills
Reporting)
888-DAS-H2DOT (Voice - Toll-free, Auto Safety Hotline)
202-366-0123 (Voice)
800-424-9153 (Voice - TDD, Auto Safety Hotline)
description
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), was established in 1966. Its highest priority is to reduce deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes, improve highway safety by promoting both safer vehicles and safer driving practices, sets and enforces Federal safety standards for all new motor vehicles, investigates alleged safety defects and orders recalls where necessary, and conducts extensive research on improving vehicle safety. Provides financial and technical assistance to State and local governments, awards grants to states for highway safety and to help combat drunk driving, works closely with private organizations to promote a broad range of driver and traffic safety programs, including programs to combat drunk driving, encourages use of safety belts and child safety seats, improve emergency medical services, driver licensing, traffic recordkeeping and traffic law enforcement, investigates odometer fraud, sets bumper, fuel economy and vehicle theft standards and develops crashworthiness of new cars. The NHTSA maintains a toll-free hotline for consumer complaints on auto safety, reporting alleged defects, requests for auto safety recall information, and consumer publications on traffic and highway safety.
online resources
- 10 Smart Routes to Bicycle Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/safesobr/18QP2/tenroutes/ - Air Bag On-Off Switches: Final Rule
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/rule/section01.html - Air Bags & On-Off Switches Information Brochure
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/brochure/Index.html - Air Bags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/ - Auto Safety Hotline - U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline/ - Buckle Up America: There’s Just Too Much to Lose
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/buckleplan/buckleup/ - Buying a Safer Car
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/ncap/ - Career Opportunities - National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/jobs/ - Child Passenger Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/ - FAQs: U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/faq.html - Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ - Larry's Art Gallery
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/artgallery/index.html - News and Press Releases - National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)/DOT
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/press/index.cfm - News Page - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)/DOT
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/new/ - Pedestrians, Bicycles, & Motorcycles
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/ - Recall Database - Office of Defects Investigation, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recmmy1.cfm - Request for Air Bag On-Off Switch
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/brochure/Req_Form.html - Safety City
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/ - Safety City's Bike Tour
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/biketour/index.html - Safety City's Research Laboratory
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/research/index.html - Safety School: Safety Challenge
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/safeschool/safechall/safetychallenge.html - Safety Tips: Walking in Traffic
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/RxFlyer/Rxflyer2.html - School Bus Safety: Before & After
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/bussafety/index.html - School Buses: Safety Program – National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/ - School Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/safeschool/teachers/index.html - Seat Belt Room
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/research/seatbelt/index.html - Traffic Safety Materials Catalog - National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/media/catalog/Index.cfm
print resources
NHTSA publications include pamphlets, fact sheets, brochures, booklets, posters and research notes on safety belts and child passenger safety seat use, drunk driving, automobile safety, and statistical reports on accidents and fatalities, and summary reports on compliance and auto manufacturer defect campaigns.
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updated
2/22/2002
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