UncategorizedUSA: Amendment of regulations on Event Data Recorders

June 25, 20220

USA: Amendment of regulations on Event Data Recorders

 

The USA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) NHTSA is proposing to amend its regulations regarding Event Data Recorders (EDRs) to extend the EDR recording period for timed data metrics from 5 seconds of pre-crash data at a frequency of 2 Hz to 20 seconds of pre-crash data at a frequency of 10 Hz (i.e., increase from 2 samples per second to 10 samples per second).

This NPRM begins the process of fulfilling the mandate of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to establish the appropriate recording period in NHTSA’s EDR regulation.

Event data recorders (EDRs) are devices that are used to record safety information about motor vehicle crashes immediately before and during a crash. The recorded information can aid crash investigators to assess the performance of specific safety equipment before and during a crash. This information can assist the agency and others with identifying potential opportunities for safety improvement in vehicles already on the road, as well as contributing to improve future vehicle designs and more effective safety regulations. This information could also aid first responders in assessing the severity of a crash and estimating the probability of serious injury in vehicles equipped with Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN) systems and can improve defect investigations and crash data collection quality.

The full text of the measure can be accessed HERE.

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