NHTSA Crashworthiness System Redesign Will Improve Data Accuracy, GAO Report Says

The redesign of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s crashworthiness system, which collects data on traffic crashes, will allow the agency to improve the accuracy of the data it collects, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

NHTSA is in the process of redesigning its National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS), which is the nationwide collection of data on vehicle traffic crashes created in 1988.

NHTSA plans to replace NASS-CDS with a new sample called the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS).

The rework is part of NHTSA’s Data Modernization Project, which began in 2012, and the agency ...