As a Federal agency, NHTSA regulates the safety of motor vehicles and related equipment.
POLICY & GUIDANCE
Guidance DocumentsLETTER OF INTERPRETATION
Letters from NHTSA's Chief CounselREPORTS TO CONGRESS
Evaluation & UpdatesStanding General Order
Crash Reporting for Levels of Driving Automation 2-5Part 583 AALA Reports
American Automobile Labeling Act ReportsSettlement Amounts since FY-1999
Civil Penalty Settlement AmountsRegulations
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 | Part Sort ascending | Subject | Actions |
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206 | 49 CFR Part 571 | Door Locks and Door Retention Components and Side Impact Protection We are proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 206, Door locks and door retention components, in order to add and update requirements and test procedures and to harmonize with the world’s first global technical regulation for motor vehicles. |
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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 |
138 | 49 CFR Part 571 | Tire Pressure Monitoring System
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Preliminary Economic Assessment: TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Head Restraints | Final Rule: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Head RestraintsNotice of proposed rulemaking | |
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 |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Definition of Multifunction School Activity Bus | Final Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
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49 CFR Part 571 |
Child Restraint Anchorage Systems | Final rule, response to petitions for reconsideration Final rule; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration |
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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 Rule Making: Motorcoach Definition; Occupant Crash Protection |
49 CFR Part 571 |
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems | Final Rule | |
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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 |
49 CFR Part 567, 571, 574, 575, 597 |
Tire Safety Information | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Tire Safety InformationFinal Rule | |
49 CFR Part 565 | Vehicle Identification Number Requirements
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Final Rule: Vehicle Identification Number Requirements | |
49 CFR Part 563 | Event Data Recorders -- Final Rule; response to petitions for reconsideration NOTE: In Table III of this document, the accuracy specification for the "Frontal air bag deployment, time to deploy/first stage, driver" should read +/- 2 ms. We have determined that the missing number is a typographical error that is not present in the originally signed notice. A correction notice to fix this error will soon be published in the Federal Register. |
Final Rule: Event Data Recorders | |
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 563 |
Event Data Recorders EDRs in Vehicles |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
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