Want to find more information on Safe Communities and how your city could become one? Looking for examples of how groups are joining together to reduce traffic deaths and injuries in their communities? Having problems convincing state and local legislators that safety belt usage in your area should be a priority? What if you could have immediate access to President Clinton’s radio address, in which he stated that increasing safety belt usage was one of his priorities?

his information, and much more, is available through a partner that is willing to be involved in every community’s traffic safety efforts – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) home page! Since October 1, 1995, the NHTSA home page has made information and publications available to the public. The site is divided into three information categories: Cars, People, and NHTSA.

“Cars” contains vehicle and equipment information, including searchable databases on vehicle recalls, technical service bulletins, defect investigations, and consumer complaints. Test results of the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and compliance testing are available by make and model of vehicle. Research and regulations are also included in this category.

“People” refers to the information on traffic safety and occupant protection. Here is where you can find out about the behavioral aspects of safety. In the prevention category, alcohol and drug data, Emergency Medical Services, school buses, air bags, child safety seats, bicycle, motorcycle, and pedestrian information is included. Look here for crash and fatality statistics, research studies, fact sheets, media materials, and driver performance data. These, of course, are just some of the files avaiable.

“NHTSA” includes the welcome to the web site, what NHTSA does, NHTSA’s strategic plan, and all the current information on press releases, public meetings, and safety events. Contracting information is also included here. What’s New and What’s Hot are the most recent updates and time sensitive material about meetings and safety campaigns. The NHTSA web site is constantly changing, updating information, and adding new data search engines. If you cannot find information or have suggestions and comments, please send e-mail to:
nhtsa.webmaster@dot.gov.

ATTENTION: New Users
Click on “How to Navigate This Site” for help in reading and downloading information. Some items are in formats that require special tools or utilities. Files ending in PDF require the Adobe Acrobat Reader and files that end in ZIP require PKZip. These tools and others that may be needed can be downloaded from the “Tools and Utilities” area.

DOT HS 808 559
April 1997