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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Contact Information

Information
400 Seventh Street, SW
NOA-40
Washington, DC 20590

800-424-8802 (Voice - Toll-free), Chemical Spills Reporting
888-DAS-H2DOT (Voice - Toll-free), Auto Safety Hotline
202-366-0123 (Voice),
800-424-9153 (Voice - TDD), Auto Safety Hotline

Internet Resources

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Abstract

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), was established in 1966. Its highest priority is to reduce deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes, improve highway safety by promoting both safer vehicles and safer driving practices, sets and enforces Federal safety standards for all new motor vehicles, investigates alleged safety defects and orders recalls where necessary, and conducts extensive research on improving vehicle safety. Provides financial and technical assistance to State and local governments, awards grants to states for highway safety and to help combat drunk driving, works closely with private organizations to promote a broad range of driver and traffic safety programs, including programs to combat drunk driving, encourages use of safety belts and child safety seats, improve emergency medical services, driver licensing, traffic recordkeeping and traffic law enforcement, investigates odometer fraud, sets bumper, fuel economy and vehicle theft standards and develops crashworthiness of new cars. The NHTSA maintains a toll-free hotline for consumer complaints on auto safety, reporting alleged defects, requests for auto safety recall information, and consumer publications on traffic and highway safety.

Publications

NHTSA publications include pamphlets, fact sheets, brochures, booklets, posters and research notes on safety belts and child passenger safety seat use, drunk driving, automobile safety, and statistical reports on accidents and fatalities, and summary reports on compliance and auto manufacturer defect campaigns.

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Notes

The toll-free DOT Auto Safety Hotline number 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (888-327-4236) can be reached from anywhere in the United States including Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Hotline operators are on duty Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern time. An answering system is set up 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A Spanish-speaking operator is available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.

Audit

Date Entered: 5/1/1998
Date Edited: 4/9/2004
Date Revised: 8/19/2001
Health Referral Number: HR0542
Accession Number: DP91A0159

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