Sec. 31309. STUDY OF CRASH DATA COLLECTION

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## SEC. 31309 STUDY OF CRASH DATA COLLECTION ###

(a)In General Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives regarding the quality of data collected through the National Automotive Sampling System, including the Special Crash Investigations Program. ###

(b)Review The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administration”) shall conduct a comprehensive review of the data elements collected from each crash to determine if additional data should be collected. The review under this subsection shall include input from interested parties, including suppliers, automakers, safety advocates, the medical community, and research organizations. ###

(c)Contents The report issued under this section shall include— ####

(1)the analysis and conclusions the Administration can reach from the amount of motor vehicle crash data collected in a given year; ####

(2)the additional analysis and conclusions the Administration could reach if more crash investigations were conducted each year; ####

(3)the number of investigations per year that would allow for optimal data analysis and crash information; ####

(4)the results of the comprehensive review conducted pursuant to subsection (b); ####

(5)the incremental costs of collecting and analyzing additional data, as well as data from additional crashes; ####

(6)the potential for obtaining private funding for all or a portion of the costs under paragraph (5); ####

(7)the potential for recovering any additional costs from high volume users of the data, while continuing to make the data available to the general public free of charge; ####

(8)the advantages or disadvantages of expanding collection of non-crash data instead of crash data; ####

(9)recommendations for improvements to the Administration’s data collection program; and ####

(10)the resources needed by the Administration to implement such recommendations.