About NHTSA Our mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement. Learn About NHTSA

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for keeping people safe on America’s roadways. Through enforcing vehicle performance standards and partnerships with state and local governments, NHTSA reduces deaths, injuries and economic losses from motor vehicle crashes.

Posten leads the development and delivery of NHTSA’s rulemakings and policy, including setting the nation’s vehicle safety standards and fuel economy regulations. Full bio. Eileen Sullivan Associate Administrator, Enforcement. Sullivan is the principal advisor to the agency’s senior leaders on matters related to enforcement actions. Full bio

NHTSA Headquarters. 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE. West Building Washington, DC 20590. Call or Email NHTSA. Call us at 888-327-4236; Contact us by email; Vehicle Safety Hotline. To report suspected safety defects with your vehicle, car seat, tires or other vehicle equipment, contact our Vehicle Safety Hotline.

2024年11月25日 · The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today released its early estimates of traffic fatalities in key safety subcategories for the first half of 2024, projecting a decline in nearly all subcategories. Fatalities decreased in key areas, including pedestrian and speeding-related crashes, rollover crashes, and crashes involving ...

A recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire creates an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet minimum safety standards. Most decisions to conduct a recall and remedy a safety defect are made voluntarily by manufacturers prior to any involvement by NHTSA.

NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings help consumers compare vehicle safety when searching for a car. More stars mean safer cars. Combines driver and front passenger frontal barrier ratings into a single frontal rating.

NHTSA reviews complaints, conducts various investigations and manages safety recalls for vehicles and vehicle equipment. Below you will find information and quick links to resources related to investigations and recalls.

NHTSA has a five-year cooperative agreement with an agency in each state to provide information on all qualifying fatal crashes in the state. These agreements are managed and funded by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) Office of Data Acquisition (ODA), State Data Reporting Systems Division (SDRSD).

NHTSA leads the Nation by setting the motor vehicle and highway safety agenda. NHTSA serves as the catalyst for addressing critical safety issues that affect the motor vehicle and highway safety communities.