Regulations
NHTSA issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) to implement laws from Congress. These regulations allow us to fulfill our mission to prevent and reduce vehicle crashes.
FMVSS Number Sort ascending | Part | Subject | Actions |
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126 | 49 CFR Parts 571 & 585 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this rule establishes Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 126 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 Kg (10,000 pounds) or less. ESC systems use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to assist the driver in maintaining control in critical driving situations. NHTSA estimates ESC will reduce single-vehicle crashes of passenger cars by 34% and single vehicle crashes of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by 59%, with a much greater reduction of rollover crashes. NHTSA estimates ESC would save 5,300 to 9,600 lives and prevent 156,000 to 238,000 injuries in all types of crashes annually once all light vehicles on the road are equipped with ESC. |
Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis: Electronic Stability Control Systems On Heavy Vehicles Final Regulatory Impact Analysis: Electronic Stability Control Systems Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems; Controls and Displays Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems |
126 | 49 CFR Parts 571 & 585 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this rule establishes Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 126 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 Kg (10,000 pounds) or less. ESC systems use automatic computer-controlled braking of individual wheels to assist the driver in maintaining control in critical driving situations. NHTSA estimates ESC will reduce single-vehicle crashes of passenger cars by 34% and single vehicle crashes of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) by 59%, with a much greater reduction of rollover crashes. NHTSA estimates ESC would save 5,300 to 9,600 lives and prevent 156,000 to 238,000 injuries in all types of crashes annually once all light vehicles on the road are equipped with ESC. |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems Final Regulatory Impact Analysis: Electronic Stability Control Systems Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems; Controls and Displays Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis: Electronic Stability Control Systems On Heavy Vehicles |
121 |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Air Brake Systems Amends the FMVSS on air brake systems to improve the stopping distance performance of truck tractors. The rule requires the vast majority of new heavy truck tractors to achieve a 30 percent reduction in stopping distance compared to currently required levels. For these heavy truck tractors (approximately 99 percent of the fleet), the amended standard requires those vehicles to stop in not more than 250 feet when loaded to their gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and tested at a speed of 60 miles per hour (mph). For a small number of very heavy severe service tractors, the stopping distance requirement will be 310 feet under these same conditions. In addition, this final rule requires that all heavy truck tractors must stop within 235 feet when loaded to their “lightly loaded vehicle weight” (LLVW). |
Final Rule; response to petitions for reconsideration Final Rule; correcting amendments Final Rule; partial response to petitions for reconsideration |
121 | 49 CFR, Part 571 | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Air Brake Systems Regarding trailers with antilock brake systems being equipped with an external antilock malfunction indicator lamp |
Interim Final Rule, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Air Brake Systems Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Air Brake Systems |
118 | 49 CFR Part 571 | FMVSS, Power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems
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Withdrawal of NPRM: Power-operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems Notice of proposed rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems |
111 | 49 CFR, Parts 571 & 585 | FMVSS, Rearview Mirrors The Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 directs NHTSA issue a final rule amending the agency’s Federal motor vehicle safety standard on rearview mirrors to improve the ability of a driver to detect pedestrians in the area immediately behind his or her vehicle and thereby minimize the likelihood of a vehicle’s striking a pedestrian while its driver is backing the vehicle. Pursuant to this mandate, NHTSA is proposing to expand the required field of view for all passenger cars, trucks, multipurpose passenger vehicles, buses, and low-speed vehicles rated at 10,000 pounds or less, gross vehicle weight. NHTSA is proposing to specify an area immediately behind each vehicle that the driver must be able to see when the vehicle’s transmission is in reverse. It appears that, in the near term, the only technology available with the ability to comply with this proposal would be a rear visibility system that includes a rear-mounted video camera and an in-vehicle visual display. Adoption of this proposal would significantly reduce fatalities and injuries caused by backover crashes involving children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and other pedestrians. |
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Rearview Mirrors Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, Rearview Mirrors; Low-Speed Vehicles Phase-in Reporting Requirements |
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NPRM to Require a Rear Detection System for Single-Unit Trucks The agency estimates that approximately 79 fatalities per year (13 on-road and 66 off-road) and 148 injuries per year are attributable to straight trucks backing up. The agency believes that requiring a rear detection system will reduce the number of fatalities, injuries, and property damage crashes by giving truck operators the ability to detect objects behind the truck. In this analysis, we examine two possible counter-measures: a cross-view mirror system and a camera system. |
Preliminary Regulatory Evaluation | |
108, 226 | 595 | Make Inoperative Exemptions; Vehicle Modifications To Accommodate People With Disabilities; Ejection Mitigation
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Final Rule: Make Inoperative Exemptions; Vehicle Modifications To Accommodate People With Disabilities; Ejection Mitigation; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment |
108 |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment Issues related to glare produced by lamps mounted on the fronts of vehicles |
Final Rule (Notice 3) - delay of effective date: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated EquipmentRequest for Comments |
108 |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment Issues related to glare produced by lamps mounted on the fronts of vehicles |
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment - Delay of Effective Date.Request for Comments |
49 CFR Part 538 |
Automobile Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for Alternative Fueled Vehicles This final rule extends the incentive created by the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 (AMFA) to encourage the continued production of motor vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels for four additional model years covering model years (MY) 2005 to MY 2008. Under the special procedures for calculating the fuel economy of those vehicles contained in AMFA, alternative and dual fueled vehicles are assigned a higher fuel economy value for CAFE purposes, which can result in manufacturers earning credits for their fleets. The final rule limits the maximum amount of credit that may be applied to any manufacturers' fleet to 0.9 mpg per fleet during MY 2005 - MY 2008. |
Final Rule | |
49 CFR Part 563 | Event Data Recorders (EDRs)
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Final Regulatory Evaluation: Event Data Recorders (EDRs) Final rule: Event Data Recorders Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Information about Event Data Recorders (EDRs) |
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49 CFR Part 571, 572, 589 |
Head Impact Protection | Final Rule; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration. | |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Head Restraints | Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Head RestraintsNotice of proposed rulemaking | |
Consumer Information; Program for Child Restraint Systems
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Request for comments: Consumer Information; Program for Child Restraint Systems |