About NHTSA Our mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement. Learn About NHTSA

NHTSA monitors the effectiveness and management of recalls, including the filing of recall notices with NHTSA, communicating with owners regarding the recalls and tracking the completion rate of each recall.

NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings help you make smart decisions about safety when buying a car. Compare vehicles, and search car seat and tire ratings.

On NHTSA.gov, you can query a particular vehicle’s VIN to identify specific information encoded in the number. NHTSA’s VIN decoder is publicly accessible at: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/decoder/ .

NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis has been responsible for providing a wide range of analytical and statistical support to the highway safety community. Publications, Data & Data Tools

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for keeping people safe on America’s roadways. Through enforcing vehicle performance standards and partnerships with state and local governments, NHTSA reduces deaths, injuries and economic losses from motor vehicle crashes.

File a complaint with NHTSA if you experienced a vehicle, tire, car seat or equipment safety problem that could be a safety defect.

NHTSA issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, administers statutory authority, and sets vehicle safety and highway safety regulations.

SaferCar.gov is now NHTSA.gov. You can search for vehicle ratings and do recall checks on vehicles, tires, car seats, and more.

NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings help consumers compare vehicle safety when searching for a car. More stars mean safer cars. Combines driver and front passenger frontal barrier ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head …