Have a safety problem? Have you experienced a vehicle, tire, car seat or equipment safety issue that could be a safety defect? If so, you can file a complaint that we will carefully review.

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/. Using NHTSA's VIN Decoder to Identify a Vehicle’s Plant of Manufacture

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.

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.

Follow NHTSA’s car seat recommendations based on your child’s age and size; Find and compare car seats and ease-of-use-ratings using NHTSA’s Car Seat Finder; Install your car seat correctly. Understand the parts and tips used for installation; Follow our detailed car seat installation instructions and videos

Under Section 405, NHTSA awards grants for occupant protection, State traffic safety information systems, impaired driving countermeasures, distracted driving, motorcyclist safety, State graduated driver licensing laws, and non-motorized safety.

To report suspected safety defects with your vehicle, car seat, tires or other vehicle equipment, contact our Vehicle Safety Hotline. You can also obtain information about air bags, highway safety, and the proper use of car seats.

In 2009 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Report to Congress on Drug-impaired Driving (Compton, Vegega, and Smither, 2009) that addressed some of the same issues covered in this report and some of the material from that report is relevant here and is incorporated in

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

NHTSA issues vehicle safety standards and requires manufacturers to recall vehicles and equipment that have safety-related defects. Learn about NHTSA's recall process.