| Welcome to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) public
affairs web page. The mission of the NHTSA is to reduce
deaths, injuries & economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes by setting & enforcing safety
standards for motor vehicles. Grants are awarded to
states to help them organize, develop & implement
highway safety programs. Want to
know if your vehicle has been involved in a recall?
Find out by clicking here.
PRESS RELEASES
FROM 2004
December
New Crash Test and Rollover Ratings for Select Model Year 2005 Now Available
on SaferCar.Gov (12/13/04)
NHTSA Announces Upgraded Rule To Require Lap/Shoulder Safety Belts For
Rear Center Seats in Passenger Vehicles (12/08/04)
NHTSA Announces Upgraded Rule for Head
Restraints in Vehicles (12/07/04)
November
New Data Show Rising Safety Belt Use Rates in Most States (11/23/04)
October
First Group of Model Year 2005 Crash Tests
And Rollover Ratings available on SaferCar.Gov (10/26/04)
NHTSA ILLEGAL LIGHTING CRACKDOWN CONTINUES
(10/19/04)
September
Study Finds Electronic Stability Control
Benefits (9/23/04)
NHTSA Brings Focus to Child Safety Issue:
Booster Seat Use Low Among Young Children (9/23/04)
NHTSA Proposes Standard for Tire Pressure
Monitoring Devices (9/15/04)
August
States’ Progress Drops Drunk Driving Deaths To
Lowest Level Since 1999; Nationwide Crackdown on Impaired Drivers
Begins Aug. 27 (8/25/04)
NHTSA
Releases List of Model Year
2005 Vehicles to be Rated for Safety (8/24/04)
Rollover
Retest Results for Saturn VUE Available on NHTSA's Web Site (8/23/04)
DOT Announces Historic Low Highway Fatality Rate in 2003 (8/10/04)
NHTSA Completes 2004 Model Year Rollover Testing; Announces New
Supplemental Rating Presentation Method (8/9/04)
NHTSA PUBLISHES LIST OF JUNE 2004
RECALLS (8/3/04)
July
NHTSA Seeks Comment on Strategies for
Improving Traffic Safety Data Nationwide (7/27/04)
NHTSA
PUBLISHES LIST OF MAY 2004 RECALLS (7/19/04)
All U.S. States Now Have .08 BAC Laws, With
Passage of Legislation in Delaware (7/2/04)
June
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $47.8
Million In Incentive Grants to 47 States for .08 BAC Laws (6/25/04)
NHTSA Proposes Requirements
For Voluntarily Installed Event Data Recorders (6/10/04)
Latest Crash Tests, Rollover Ratings Available
on SaferCar.gov (6/7/04)
May
NHTSA Publishes List of April 2004 Recalls (5/27/04)
Transportation Secretary Mineta Launches
Traffic Safety Partnership with NASCAR (5/15/04)
U.S. DOT Proposes Tougher Standard
To Protect Occupants in Side-Impact Crashes (5/12/04)
NHTSA Publishes List of March 2004 Recalls (5/5/04)
2004 Sport Utility Vehicles Crash Test Results Available on
SaferCar.gov Web Site (5/5/04)
April
NHTSA Grants Nissan Petition to Combine Car Fleets under CAFE
(4/20/04)
NHTSA Publishes List of February 2004 Recalls (4/19/04)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $33 Million in Federal Grants to States To Deter Impaired Driving, Increase Safety Belt Use
(4/196/04)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Addresses
Global Meeting in Paris for Launch of “World Health Day” (4/7/04)
NHTSA Posts 2004 Four-Door Sedans Crash Test Results on SaferCar.gov
Website (4/1/04)
March
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces
Grants of $36.4 Million to Increase Safety Belt Use (3/31/04)
NHTSA Administrator at Lifesavers Conference Presents Awards for
Safety Accomplishments
(3/29/04)
NHTSA Publishes List of January 2004 Recalls (3/16/04)
New Pickup Crash Test Results on SaferCar.Gov Web Site (3/11/04)
February
NHTSA Extends Dual-Fuel Credit For Fuel Economy
through Model Year 2008 (2/18/04)
USDOT Announces Comparative Ratings for Passenger Vehicle Tires
(2/12/04)
Survey Finds Nearly 73 Percent of Child
Restraints Misused (2/11/04)
2-door Coupes Take Stage in Second Release
Of Star Ratings on SaferCar.Gov Web Site (2/11/04)
NHTSA’s
Model Year 2004 Rollover Test Results Use New Testing System; Available on
Web Site (2/4/04)
January
Survey Finds Widespread Misuse Of Air Bag
On-Off Switches in Pickups (1/28/04)
|
