Proposed Rules. Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments
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BILLING CODE 6712-01-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 541 [Docket No. NHTSA-17359] RIN 2127-AJ27 Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document requests comments on data about passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar year
(CY)2002 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year
(MY)2002. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2002 vehicles (2.49 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 23.6 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2001 vehicles (3.26 thefts per thousand vehicles). Publication of these data fulfills NHTSA's statutory obligation to periodically obtain accurate and timely theft data, and publish the information for review and comment. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 7, 2004. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2004-17359 and or RIN number 2127-AJ27] by any of the following methods: • Web Site: *http://dms.dot.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site. • Fax: 1-202-493-2251. • Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-001. • Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to *http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. *Instructions:* All submissions must include the agency name and docket number or Regulatory Identification Number
(RIN)for this rulemaking. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to *http://dms.dot.gov* including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Notices. *Docket:* For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to *http://dms.dot.gov* at any time or to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is
(202)366-0846. Her fax number is
(202)493-2290. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA administers a program for reducing motor vehicle theft. The central feature of this program is the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49 CFR part 541. The standard specifies performance requirements for inscribing or affixing vehicle identification numbers
(VINs)onto certain major original equipment and replacement parts of high-theft lines of passenger motor vehicles. The agency is required by 49 U.S.C. 33104(b)(4) to periodically obtain, from the most reliable source, accurate and timely theft data, and publish the data for review and comment. To fulfill the section 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the preliminary theft data for CY 2002, the most recent calendar year for which data are available. In calculating the 2002 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it used in calculating the MY 2001 theft rates. (For 2001 theft data calculations, see 68 FR 54857, September 19, 2003). As in all previous reports, NHTSA's data were based on information provided to the agency by the National Crime Information Center
(NCIC)of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a governmental system that receives vehicle theft information from nearly 23,000 criminal justice agencies and other law enforcement authorities throughout the United States. The NCIC data also include reported thefts of self-insured and uninsured vehicles, not all of which are reported to other data sources. The 2002 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2002 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2002, by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2002, as reported by manufacturers to the Environmental Protection Agency. The preliminary 2002 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2001. The preliminary theft rate for MY 2002 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2002 decreased to 2.49 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 23.6 percent from the rate of 3.26 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2001 vehicles in CY 2001. For MY 2002 vehicles, out of a total of 224 vehicle lines, 38 lines had a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per thousand vehicles, the established median theft rate for MYs 1990/1991 (See 59 FR 12400, March 16, 1994). Of the 38 vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, 34 are passenger car lines, 3 are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and one is a light-duty truck lines. In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2002 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate. Public comment is sought on the accuracy of the data, including the data for the production volumes of individual vehicle lines. Comments must not exceed 15 pages in length (49 CFR 553.21). Attachments may be appended to these submissions without regard to the 15 page limit. This limitation is intended to encourage commenters to detail their primary arguments in a concise fashion. If a commenter wishes to submit certain information under a claim of confidentiality, three copies of the complete submission, including purportedly confidential business information, should be submitted to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address given above, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to Dockets. A request for confidentiality should be accompanied by a cover letter setting forth the information specified in the agency's confidential business information regulation. 49 CFR part 512. All comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above for this document will be considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Comments on this document will be available for inspection in the docket. NHTSA will continue to file relevant information as it becomes available for inspection in the docket after the closing date, and it is recommended that interested persons continue to examine the docket for new material. Those persons desiring to be notified upon receipt of their comments in the rules docket should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope with their comments. Upon receiving the comments, the docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail. *Privacy Act:* Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, *etc.* ). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the **Federal Register** published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit *http://dms.dot.gov.* Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33101, 33102 and 33104; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50. Preliminary Report of Theft Rates for 2002 Model Year Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2002 Manufacturer Make/model
(line)Thefts 2002 Production (Mfr's) 2002 2002 Theft rate (per 1000 vehicles produced) 1 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER NEON 1 1 24 41.6667 2 AUDI 24/QUATTRO 32 1612 19.8511 3 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE INTREPID 1657 111491 14.8622 4 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE STRATUS 1254 106771 11.7448 5 SUZUKI ESTEEM 108 9670 11.1686 6 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER SEBRING 611 75163 8.1290 7 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE NEON 959 119253 8.0417 8 HONDA ACURA NSX 2 254 7.8740 9 MITSUBISHI MONTERO 206 27266 7.5552 10 MITSUBISHI GALANT 668 92948 7.1868 11 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 60 9240 6.4935 12 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 350 57457 6.0915 13 FORD MOTOR CO FORD F150 PICKUP 27 4473 6.0362 14 AUDI S8/QUATTRO 2 340 5.8824 15 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 239 41334 5.7822 16 NISSAN MAXIMA 490 86036 5.6953 17 KIA MOTORS OPTIMA 155 27593 5.6174 18 FORD MOTOR CO FORD ESCORT 457 81672 5.5956 19 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRANT AM 838 154306 5.4308 20 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE 251 46637 5.3820 21 MITSUBISHI LANCER 397 73991 5.3655 22 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER CONCORDE 194 37131 5.2247 23 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 96 19707 4.8714 24 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER INTREPID 6 1254 4.7847 25 TOYOTA COROLLA 690 147983 4.6627 26 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER 300M 167 36663 4.5550 27 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE ALERO 333 79373 4.1954 28 KIA MOTORS SPECTRA 298 71837 4.1483 29 KIA MOTORS RIO 227 57292 3.9622 30 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1017 259230 3.9232 31 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 93 24079 3.8623 32 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SEVILLE 97 25128 3.8602 33 SUZUKI VITARA/GRAND 232 60318 3.8463 34 NISSAN SENTRA 434 113962 3.8083 35 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC SUNFIRE 286 76445 3.7413 36 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER PROWLER 5 1348 3.7092 37 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 252 68570 3.6751 38 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN TOWN CAR 132 36635 3.6031 39 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET BLAZER S10/T10 369 103341 3.5707 40 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 495 144946 3.4151 41 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET PRIZM 96 28197 3.4046 42 NISSAN ALTIMA 651 192701 3.3783 43 HYUNDAI ACCENT 307 92157 3.3313 44 JAGUAR XK8 8 2455 3.2587 45 MERCEDES-BENZ 129 (SL-CLASS) 9 2776 3.2421 46 NISSAN INFINITI Q45 26 8065 3.2238 47 MAZDA MILLENIA 67 20800 3.2212 48 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND 772 241696 3.1941 49 ISUZU TROOPER 40 12638 3.1651 50 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE AURORA 34 10861 3.1305 51 JAGUAR S-TYPE 38 12319 3.0847 52 TOYOTA CELICA 79 25683 3.0760 53 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY SABLE 322 105415 3.0546 54 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 434 144654 3.0003 55 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAMARO 121 40383 2.9963 56 FORD MOTOR CO FORD FOCUS 753 252987 2.9764 57 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN LS 153 51704 2.9592 58 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 99 33586 2.9477 59 DAEWOOD LANOS 19 6452 2.9448 60 DAIMLER CHRYSLER CHRYSLER VOYAGER 120 41348 2.9022 61 HYUNDAI SONATA 225 80049 2.8108 62 BMW 7 50 18222 2.7439 63 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC FIREBIRD/FORMULA 81 29687 2.7285 64 FORD MOTOR CO FORD TAURUS 842 321556 2.6185 65 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 196 77787 2.5197 66 DAIMLER CHRYSLER JEEP CHEROKEE/GRAND 533 211786 2.5167 67 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 299 118962 2.5134 68 JAGUAR XKR 4 1595 2.5078 69 HONDA PASSPORT 15 5999 2.5004 70 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP 66 26442 2.4960 71 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK REGAL 95 39124 2.4282 72 NISSAN INFINITI G20 31 12788 2.4241 73 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 205 85126 2.4082 74 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 60 25008 2.3992 75 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 61 25683 2.3751 76 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK CENTURY 331 141818 2.3340 77 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 146 62648 2.3305 78 FORD MOTOR CO FORD EXPLORER 1419 610268 2.3252 79 NISSAN XTERRA 231 99887 2.3126 80 MAZDA 626 113 49181 2.2976 81 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DEVILLE 209 91057 2.2953 82 SUZUKI AERIO 31 13666 2.2684 83 HONDA ACURA 3.2 CL 13 5749 2.2613 84 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN LS 191 84966 2.2480 85 MAZDA PROTEGE 219 97882 2.2374 86 DAIMLER CHRYSLER CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 377 169559 2.2234 87 HONDA ACURA INTEGRA 95 42809 2.2192 88 TOYOTA RAV4 212 96489 2.1971 89 ISUZU AXIOM 40 18280 2.1882 90 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 1027 472030 2.1757 91 MERCEDES-BENZ 208 (CLK-CLASS) 43 20199 2.1288 92 JAGUAR XJ8 5 2354 2.1240 93 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD RANGER PICKUP 499 238558 2.0917 94 KIA MOTORS SPORTAGE 97 46883 2.0690 95 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 429 207991 2.0626 96 DAEWOO NUBIRA 11 5351 2.0557 97 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 87 42664 2.0392 98 VOLVO C70 7 3454 2.0266 99 HYUNDAI XG 38 18842 2.0168 100 TOYOTA ECHO 65 32495 2.0003 101 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 133 66565 1.9980 102 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 181 90964 1.9898 103 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC ELDORADO 14 7047 1.9867 104 MERCEDES-BENZ 215 (CL-CLASS) 10 5062 1.9755 105 MERCEDES-BENZ 220 (S-CLASS) 53 26918 1.9689 106 DAEWOO LEGANZA 11 5593 1.9667 107 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 315 162322 1.9406 108 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRACKER 88 45793 1.9217 109 BMW 3 192 102574 1.8718 110 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 375 201467 1.8613 111 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 50 27162 1.8408 112 FORD MOTOR CO FORD ESCAPE 291 159322 1.8265 113 NISSAN INFINITI QX4 29 15943 1.8190 114 SUBARU IMPREZA 108 59391 1.8185 115 NISSAN PATHFINDER 107 59409 1.8011 116 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET S10/T10 PICKUP 251 139521 1.7990 117 MAZDA B-SERIES PICKUP 40 22275 1.7957 118 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF-GTI 55 31640 1.7383 119 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN 67 39246 1.7072 120 HONDA S2000 17 10049 1.6917 121 GENERAL MOTORS GMC SONOMA PICKUP 66 39292 1.6797 122 HONDA ACCORD 702 419398 1.6738 123 VOLVO S40 23 13980 1.6452 124 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 22 13544 1.6243 125 VOLVO S80 25 15851 1.5772 126 HONDA ACURA 3.2 TL 95 60860 1.5610 127 ISUZU RODEO 65 41996 1.5478 128 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MPV 202 130937 1.5427 129 HONDA CIVIC 500 329778 1.5162 130 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS/SUPER V8 3 1981 1.5144 131 MERCEDES-BENZ 170 (SLK-CLASS) 12 7954 1.5087 132 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 218 144790 1.5056 133 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN SL 221 148514 1.4881 134 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 375 253249 1.4808 135 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY COUGAR 35 24485 1.4294 136 AUDI TT/QUATTRO 14 9812 1.4268 137 FORD MOTOR CO FORD CROWN VICTORIA 32 22564 1.4182 138 PORSCHE 911 17 12034 1.4127 139 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 25 17863 1.3995 140 FORD MOTOR CO FORD WINDSTAR VAN 204 146274 1.3946 141 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK PARK AVENUE 42 31913 1.3161 142 NISSAN INFINITI 135 40 30604 1.3070 143 PORSCHE BOXSTER 13 9975 1.3033 144 BMW 5 51 39445 1.2929 145 MERCEDES-BENZ 203 (C-CLASS) 91 70688 1.2873 146 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN/CAMPER 7 5472 1.2792 147 JAGUAR X-TYPE 44 35659 1.2339 148 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 99 82824 1.1953 149 VOLVO S60 48 40884 1.1741 150 JAGUAR XJR 1 853 1.1723 151 TOYOTA MR2 SPYDER 6 5335 1.1246 152 VOLVO V40 3 2680 1.1194 153 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC AZTEK 20 17886 1.1182 154 AUDI A4/QUATTRO 41 36870 1.1120 155 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN SC 48 43213 1.1108 156 SAAB 9-3 20 18055 1.1077 157 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO 13 11749 1.1065 158 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LESABRE 148 137737 1.0745 159 KIA MOTORS SEDONA VAN 53 49731 1.0657 160 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 99 93812 1.0553 161 GENERAL MOTORS GMC ENVOY 112 108650 1.0308 162 MERCEDES-BENZ 210 (E-CLASS) 310 30368 1.0208 163 TOYOTA AVALON 69 67772 1.0181 164 TOYOTA PRIUS 23 22737 1.0116 165 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 19 18804 1.0104 166 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 56 56045 0.9992 167 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 82 85417 0.9600 168 NISSAN QUEST VAN 20 21099 0.9479 169 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 69 73049 0.9446 170 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 15 16268 0.9221 171 GENERAL MOTORS GMC SAFARA VAN 9 9887 0.9103 172 FORD MOTOR CO FORD MUSTANG 705 775153 0.9095 173 MAZDA TRIBUTE 45 49561 0.9080 174 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 25 28658 0.8724 175 HONDA ACURA 3.5 RL 14 16449 0.8511 176 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RENDEZVOUS 66 7573 0.8508 177 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN 71 84116 0.8441 178 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 90 110530 0.8143 179 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 57 70517 0.8083 180 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC MONTANA VAN 35 45558 0.7683 181 VOLVO V70 9 12144 0.7411 182 HONDA ACURA MDX 36 48998 0.7347 183 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP 106 145238 0.7298 184 SUBARU FORESTER 39 55114 0.7076 185 QUANTUM TECH CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1 1483 0.6743 186 AUDI A6/QUATTRO 14 21328 0.6564 187 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY VILLAGER VAN 12 18364 0.6535 188 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN VUE 21 34578 0.6073 189 SUBARU LEGACY/OUTBACK 47 88790 0.5293 190 MAZDA MPV VAN 13 25122 0.5175 191 HONDA INSIGHT 1 2006 0.4985 192 FORD MOTOR CO FORD THUNDERBIRD 14 28639 0.4888 193 BMW MINI COOPER 8 17033 0.4697 194 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE VAN 11 23863 0.4610 195 HONDA CR-V 62 138061 0.4491 196 BMW M/Z3 8 18768 0.4263 197 SAAB 9-5 6 15339 0.3912 198 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 58 148857 0.3896 199 VOLVO XC 8 20725 0.3860 200 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN LW 4 11273 0.3548 201 FORD MOTOR CO FORD THINK NEIGHBOR 2 6613 0.3024 202 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH 0 127 0.0000 203 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 0 265 0.0000 204 AUDI A8/QUATRRO/L 0 672 0.0000 205 AUDI ALLROAD/QUATTRO 0 5085 0.0000 206 AUDI S6/AVANT 0 884 0.0000 207 BMW Z8 0 687 0.0000 208 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE VIPER 0 1355 0.0000 209 FERRARI 360 0 684 0.0000 210 FERRARI 456 0 20 0.0000 211 FERRARI 575 0 208 0.0000 212 GENERAL MOTORS FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 0 1907 0.0000 213 JAGUAR XJS 0 1000 0.0000 214 LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 0 98 0.0000 215 LOTUS ESPRIT 0 100 0.0000 216 MASERATI COUPE/SPIDER 0 492 0.0000 217 MITSUBISHI NATIVA 2 0 1513 0.0000 218 ROLLS ROYCE PARK WARD 0 12 0.0000 219 ROLLS ROYCE SILVER SERAPH 0 63 0.0000 220 ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY ARNAGE 0 139 0.0000 221 ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY AZURE 0 101 0.0000 222 ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY CONTINENTAL R 0 31 0.0000 223 ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY CONTINENTAL T 0 2 0.0000 224 ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY CORNICHE 0 37 0.0000 1 This vehicle was manufactured under the Chrysler nameplate for sale in a U.S. Territory only (Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico) and the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas and St. Croix). 2 This vehicle was manufactured for sale only in Puerto Rico and represents the U.S. version of the Montero Sport line. Issued on: April 1, 2004. Stephen R. Fratzke, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 04-7793 Filed 4-5-04; 8:45 am]
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