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 descending | Part | Subject | Actions |
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208 | 49 CFR Part 571 | Monitoring the Performance of Advanced Air Bags and Developing Data for Potential Future Air Bag Rulemakings
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Request for Comment |
208 | 49 CFR Part 571 | Seat Belts on Motorcoaches In accordance with NHTSA’s 2007 Motorcoach Safety Plan and DOT’s 2009 Departmental Motorcoach Safety Action Plan, NHTSA is issuing this NPRM to propose to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) on occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208) to require lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in new motorcoaches.This NPRM also proposes to require a lap/shoulder belt for the motorcoach and large school bus driver’s seating positions, which currently are required to have either a lap or a lap/shoulder belt. |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): Motorcoach Definition; Occupant Crash Protection |
208 |
49 CFR Part 595 |
Exemption from the Make Inoperative Prohibition | Final Rule: Exemption From the Make Inoperative ProhibitionNotice of proposed rulemaking Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
208 |
49 CFR Part 595 |
Air Bag Deactivation | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
208 |
49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595 |
Occupant Crash Protection The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags. |
Final Rule; Interim Final Rule: Occupant Crash ProtectionSupplemental notice of proposed rulemaking |
208 |
49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595 |
Occupant Crash Protection The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags. |
Final rule; Interim Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash ProtectionSupplemental notice of proposed rulemaking |
214 | 595 | Make Inoperative Exemptions
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Final Rule: Make Inoperative Exemptions; Vehicle Modifications To Accommodate People With Disabilities, Side Impact Protection |
214 | 595 | Exemption From the Make Inoperative
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Exemption From the Make Inoperative Prohibition; Final Rule |
214 | 49 CFR Parts 571 and 585 | Side Impact Protection This final rule incorporates a dynamic pole test into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, “Side impact protection.” To meet the test, vehicle manufacturers will need to assure head and improved chest protection in side crashes. It will lead to the installation of new technologies, such as side curtain air bags and torso side air bags, which are capable of improving head and thorax protection to occupants of vehicles that crash into poles and trees and vehicles that are laterally struck by a higher-riding vehicle. |
Final Rule: Occupant Protection in Interior Impact; Side Impact Protection; Fuel System Integrity; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection; Side Impact Phase-In Reporting Requirements |
216 |
49 CFR Parts 571 and 585 |
Roof Crush Resistance As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this final rule upgrades the agency’s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways. |
Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM): Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Roof Crush Resistance Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Roof Crush Resistance; Phase-In Reporting Requirements Extension of comment period: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Roof Crush Resistance Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis Request for Comments Notice of proposed rulemaking |
216 | 49 CFR Parts 571 and 585 | Roof Crush Resistance; Phase-In Reporting Requirements As part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes, this final rule upgrades the agency’s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways. |
Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Roof Crush Resistance; Phase-In Reporting Requirements |
218 | 49 CFR Part 571. | Motorcycle Helmets A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) amending FMVSS No. 218 was published on May 21, 2015 (80 FR 29458). The NPRM set forth an interpretation of the definition of “motor vehicle equipment” in the United States Code, as amended by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP–21) Act, and requested comments on two proposed changes to the motorcycle helmet safety standard, FMVSS No. 218. NHTSA proposed to add a definition of “motorcycle helmet” and modify the existing performance requirements of the standard by adding a set of dimensional and compression requirements. These requirements and the associated test procedures would identify those helmets whose physical characteristics indicate that they likely cannot meet the existing performance requirements of the standard. Third, NTHSA proposed an optional alternative compliance process for manufacturers whose helmets do not comply with the proposed dimensional and compression requirements, but do comply with the performance requirements and all other aspects of FMVSS No. 218 . If this proposal is adopted, NHTSA will publish a list of helmets that have complied with the alternative compliance process and can therefore be certified by their manufacturers. The NPRM was the result of the agency’s assessment of other actions that could be taken to further increase the percentage of motorcyclists who wear helmets that comply with the helmet standard. |
Proposed Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Motorcycle Helmets |
222 | 49 CFR Part 571 | School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
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Final Rule: Seating Systems, Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seating Systems, Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection |
222 | 49 CFR Part 571 | School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
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Final Rule: Seating Systems, Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seating Systems, Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection |
222 | 49 CFR Part 571 | School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Seating Systems, Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection Final Rule: Occupant Crash Protection, Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection |