07-5022. 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) 2005 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2005. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2005 vehicles (1.85 thefts per thousand vehicles) increased by 1.1 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2004 vehicles (1.83 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 December 14, 2007.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments (identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2007-28874) by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: [phone].

Instructions: 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://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.

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 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. or the street address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Carlita Ballard, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard's telephone number is [phone]. Her fax number is [phone].

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 § 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the preliminary theft data for CY 2005 the most recent calendar year for which data are available.

In calculating the 2005 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it used in calculating the MY 2004 theft rates. (For 2004 theft data calculations, see 71 FR 59400, October 10, 2006.) 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 2005 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2005 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2005, by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2005, as reported by manufacturers to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The preliminary 2005 theft data show an increase in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2004. The preliminary theft rate for MY 2005 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2005 increased to 1.85 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, an increase of 1.1 percent from the rate of 1.83 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2004 vehicles in CY 2004. For MY 2005 vehicles, out of a total of 233 vehicle lines, 24 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 24 vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, 21 are passenger car lines, two are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and one is a light-duty truck line.

In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2005 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 part 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 Model Year 2005 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2005

	Manufacturer	Make/model (line)	Thefts 2005	Production (mfr's) 2005	2005 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced)
1	TOYOTA	TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP	265	14,194	18.6699
2	SUZUKI	AERIO	77	11,804	6.5232
3	KIA	RIO	156	26,328	5.9253
4	MERCEDES BENZ	215 (CL-CLASS)	9	1,601	5.6215
5	JAGUAR	XKR	4	748	5.3476
6	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO	188	35,876	5.2403
7	MITSUBISHI	GALANT	150	28,808	5.2069
8	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	DODGE NEON	783	154,231	5.0768
9	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	DODGE MAGNUM	387	79,254	4.8830
10	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER SEBRING	242	49,892	4.8505
11	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	DODGE STRATUS	452	94,735	4.7712
12	KIA	OPTIMA	145	31,362	4.6234
13	MITSUBISHI	LANCER	141	31,226	4.5155
14	NISSAN	SENTRA	519	116,354	4.4605
15	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET MALIBU	908	212,400	4.2750
16	TOYOTA	TOYOTA ECHO	43	10,540	4.0797
17	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC GRAND AM	248	61,502	4.0324
18	TOYOTA	LEXUS GS	12	3,004	3.9947
19	SUZUKI	FORENZA	129	33,387	3.8638
20	NISSAN	INFINITI FX45	7	1,850	3.7838
21	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET CAVALIER	351	95,838	3.6624
22	HONDA	ACURA RSX	69	19,135	3.6060
23	KIA	SPECTRA	191	53,027	3.6019
24	HONDA	S2000	32	8,921	3.5870
25	MASERATI	SPYDER/F1	1	289	3.4602
26	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC SUNFIRE	132	38,239	3.4520
27	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	114	33,498	3.4032
28	SUZUKI	VITARA/GRAND VITARA	81	24,542	3.3005
29	TOYOTA	TOYOTA MR2 SPYDER	3	912	3.2895
30	TOYOTA	LEXUS IS	20	6,343	3.1531
31	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER 300	499	158,545	3.1474
32	SUZUKI	VERONA	23	7,409	3.1043
33	HYUNDAI	ACCENT	158	51,121	3.0907
34	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET AVEO	196	64,250	3.0506
35	HYUNDAI	TIBURON	46	15,100	3.0464
36	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET IMPALA	701	230,633	3.0395
37	NISSAN	350Z	82	27,146	3.0207
38	MITSUBISHI	ECLIPSE	25	8,471	2.9512
39	FORD MOTOR CO	LINCOLN LS	64	21,743	2.9435
40	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET COBALT	410	140,975	2.9083
41	NISSAN	INFINITI QX56	36	12,666	2.8423
42	NISSAN	MAXIMA	209	73,931	2.8270
43	NISSAN	ALTIMA	1,035	368,779	2.8066
44	MAZDA	6	191	68,252	2.7985
45	SUZUKI	RENO	16	5,736	2.7894
46	TOYOTA	SCION XB	187	67,396	2.7746
47	SUBARU	IMPREZA	103	38,390	2.6830
48	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC GRAND PRIX	284	107,972	2.6303
49	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD TAURUS	527	201,826	2.6112
50	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD FOCUS	637	245,780	2.5917
51	TOYOTA	TOYOTA CELICA	11	4,258	2.5834
52	BMW	M3	14	5,471	2.5589
53	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC GTO	28	11,065	2.5305
54	ROLLS ROYCE	PHANTOM	1	399	2.5063
55	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD MUSTANG	362	145,599	2.4863
56	MITSUBISHI	OUTLANDER	36	14,983	2.4027
57	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET BLAZER S10/T10	12	5,018	2.3914
58	NISSAN	INFINITI FX35	72	30,172	2.3863
59	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	JEEP WRANGLER	178	74,706	2.3827
60	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC XLR	9	3,828	2.3511
61	BMW	6	25	10,636	2.3505
62	TOYOTA	TOYOTA COROLLA	864	368,744	2.3431
63	TOYOTA	SCION TC	146	62,321	2.3427
64	NISSAN	FRONTIER PICKUP	146	62,799	2.3249
65	MITSUBISHI	ENDEAVOR	46	20,871	2.2040
66	HYUNDAI	SONATA	175	79,781	2.1935
67	MAZDA	B SERIES PICKUP	12	5,686	2.1104
68	HYUNDAI	ELANTRA	277	132,495	2.0906
69	MITSUBISHI	MONTERO	8	3,829	2.0893
70	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC G6	128	62,481	2.0486
71	NISSAN	XTERRA	113	55,179	2.0479
72	KIA	SEDONA VAN	156	76,527	2.0385
73	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD RANGER PICKUP	209	103,723	2.0150
74	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF/GTI	29	14,447	2.0073
75	HONDA	CIVIC	577	288,917	1.9971
76	KIA	SORENTO	114	57,272	1.9905
77	MERCEDES BENZ	203 (C-CLASS)	139	70,818	1.9628
78	HONDA	ACURA TSX	70	35,836	1.9533
79	ISUZU	ASCENDER	14	7,219	1.9393
80	MAZDA	RX-8	34	17,608	1.9309
81	KIA	AMANTI	43	22,858	1.8812
82	TOYOTA	SCION XA	60	32,132	1.8673
83	TOYOTA	TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP	283	151,776	1.8646
84	JAGUAR	XJ8/XJ8L	8	4,330	1.8476
85	NISSAN	INFINITI G35	120	65,227	1.8397
86	JAGUAR	S-TYPE	25	13,629	1.8343
87	MAZDA	3	158	86,184	1.8333
88	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER PT CRUISER	240	133,335	1.8000
89	TOYOTA	LEXUS SC	16	9,019	1.7740
90	NISSAN	INFINITI Q45	3	1,712	1.7523
91	NISSAN	PATHFINDER	143	82,667	1.7298
92	MERCEDES BENZ	208 (CLK-CLASS)	37	21,724	1.7032
93	SUBARU	BAJA	14	8,244	1.6982
94	AUDI	A4/A4 QUATTRO/S4/S4 AVANT	80	47,470	1.6853
95	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER	311	184,671	1.6841
96	TOYOTA	TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA	732	437,173	1.6744
97	NISSAN	QUEST VAN	60	35,913	1.6707
98	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC AZTEK	17	10,197	1.6672
99	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE	356	214,714	1.6580
100	MERCEDES BENZ	170 (SLK-CLASS)	17	10,310	1.6489
101	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK CENTURY	65	40,051	1.6229
102	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD EXPLORER	317	196,740	1.6113
103	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY SABLE	58	36,134	1.6051
104	SAAB	9-2X	9	5,713	1.5754
105	HONDA	ACCORD	576	371,940	1.5486
106	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC	83	53,640	1.5474
107	HONDA	ACURA 3.2 TL	125	82,497	1.5152
108	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET COLORADO	206	136,994	1.5037
109	BMW	3	88	58,554	1.5029
110	BMW	5	42	28,346	1.4817
111	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY MOUNTAINEER	48	32,416	1.4808
112	GENERAL MOTORS	SATURN ION	104	71,021	1.4644
113	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE	36	24,679	1.4587
114	GENERAL MOTORS	GMC ENVOY	102	70,105	1.4550
115	KIA	SPORTAGE	35	24,351	1.4373
116	GENERAL MOTORS	GMC CANYON PICKUP	56	39,149	1.4304
117	FORD MOTOR CO	LINCOLN TOWN CAR	67	46,853	1.4300
118	MERCEDES BENZ	129 (SL-CLASS)	15	10,586	1.4170
119	NISSAN	MURANO	102	72,482	1.4072
120	TOYOTA	TOYOTA MATRIX	99	72,719	1.3614
121	HYUNDAI	SANTA FE	100	73,979	1.3517
122	HYUNDAI	XG300	27	20,099	1.3434
123	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC VIBE	95	71,357	1.3313
124	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC DEVILLE	76	57,246	1.3276
125	VOLKSWAGEN	JETTA	116	87,710	1.3225
126	AUDI	A8	7	5,336	1.3118
127	VOLKSWAGEN	PHAETON	1	768	1.3021
128	MAZDA	TRIBUTE	68	52,267	1.3010
129	JAGUAR	VANDEN PLAS/SUPER V8	4	3,075	1.3008
130	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD CROWN VICTORIA	24	18,754	1.2797
131	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD FREESTAR VAN	92	72,690	1.2656
132	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN	29	23,439	1.2373
133	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER PACIFICA	146	118,329	1.2338
134	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC BONNEVILLE	26	21,519	1.2082
135	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC CTS	74	61,323	1.2067
136	BMW	7	9	7,495	1.2008
137	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN	440	367,439	1.1975
138	TOYOTA	TOYOTA 4RUNNER	127	106,810	1.1890
139	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	DODGE VIPER	2	1,692	1.1820
140	HYUNDAI	TUCSON	71	61,346	1.1574
141	ASTON MARTIN	DB9	1	874	1.1442
142	GENERAL MOTORS	GMC SAFARI VAN	5	4,441	1.1259
143	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD FIVE HUNDRED	109	97,689	1.1158
144	VOLVO	V70	9	8,070	1.1152
145	MERCEDES BENZ	220 (S-CLASS)	13	11,831	1.0988
146	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD THUNDERBIRD	10	9,189	1.0883
147	BMW	X3	31	28,657	1.0818
148	TOYOTA	LEXUS LS	31	29,049	1.0672
149	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET EQUINOX	192	183,758	1.0449
150	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD ESCAPE	252	243,658	1.0342
151	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	JEEP LIBERTY	178	173,110	1.0282
152	TOYOTA	LEXUS ES	83	80,735	1.0281
153	TOYOTA	LEXUS GX	28	27,260	1.0271
154	TOYOTA	TOYOTA AVALON	59	57,577	1.0247
155	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	34	33,810	1.0056
156	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK LESABRE	105	105,985	0.9907
157	TOYOTA	LEXUS RX	94	96,140	0.9777
158	PORSCHE	BOXSTER	6	6,142	0.9769
159	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN	24	25,341	0.9471
160	ROLLS ROYCE	BENTLEY CONTINENTAL	3	3,176	0.9446
161	VOLVO	S40	24	25,722	0.9331
162	TOYOTA	TOYOTA RAV4	75	82,037	0.9142
163	BMW	Z4	10	11,079	0.9026
164	HONDA	ELEMENT	47	52,440	0.8963
165	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY MARINER	29	32,734	0.8859
166	GENERAL MOTORS	SATURN LS	6	6,790	0.8837
167	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS	61	69,862	0.8731
168	TOYOTA	TOYOTA HIGHLANDER	113	130,146	0.8683
169	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK PARK AVENUE	8	9,282	0.8619
170	GENERAL MOTORS	SATURN VUE	56	65,105	0.8601
171	VOLKSWAGEN	PASSAT	30	35,149	0.8535
172	PORSCHE	911	7	8,391	0.8342
173	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC STS	31	37,226	0.8328
174	TOYOTA	TOYOTA SIENNA VAN	144	172,999	0.8324
175	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK LACROSSE/ALLURE	68	81,894	0.8303
176	LAND ROVER	FREELANDER	2	2,441	0.8193
177	MAZDA	MPV VAN	15	18,902	0.7936
178	HONDA	ACURA 3.5 RL	17	21,526	0.7897
179	VOLKSWAGEN	NEW BEETLE	27	34,410	0.7847
180	AUDI	A6/A6 QUATTRO/S6/S6 AVANT	12	15,432	0.7776
181	DAIMLERCHRYSLER	CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY	195	253,162	0.7703
182	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK RENDEZVOUS	42	54,775	0.7668
183	VOLVO	XC90	33	43,213	0.7637
184	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY MONTEREY VAN	5	6,703	0.7459
185	MERCEDES BENZ	210 (E-CLASS)	30	40,445	0.7417
186	VOLVO	S80	8	10,918	0.7327
187	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK RAINIER	10	13,648	0.7327
188	VOLVO	S60	15	23,029	0.6514
189	BMW	MINI COOPER	30	47,444	0.6323
190	HONDA	CR-V	88	144,472	0.6091
191	SAAB	9-3	13	21,433	0.6065
192	LOTUS	ELISE	2	3,320	0.6024
193	SUBARU	LEGACY/OUTBACK	21	34,944	0.6010
194	AUDI	ALLROAD QUATTRO	2	3,420	0.5848
195	HONDA	ACURA MDX	35	60,287	0.5806
196	HONDA	PILOT	81	142,118	0.5699
197	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET UPLANDER VAN	30	52,713	0.5691
198	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC SRX	13	23,498	0.5532
199	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD FREESTYLE	40	75,643	0.5288
200	HONDA	ODYSSEY VAN	85	161,742	0.5255
201	FORD MOTOR CO	FORD GT	1	1,907	0.5244
202	SAAB	9-7X	1	1,999	0.5003
203	MAZDA	MX-5 MIATA	2	4,135	0.4837
204	SUBARU	FORESTER	24	50,942	0.4711
205	FORD MOTOR CO	MERCURY MONTEGO	13	28,517	0.4559
206	GENERAL MOTORS	PONTIAC MONTANA VAN	14	31,583	0.4433
207	TOYOTA	TOYOTA PRIUS	46	121,020	0.3801
208	SUBARU	OUTBACK	29	79,980	0.3626
209	JAGUAR	X-TYPE	4	11,299	0.3540
210	GENERAL MOTORS	SATURN RELAY	6	17,794	0.3372
211	SAAB	9-5	2	6,137	0.3259
212	VOLVO	V50	2	6,909	0.2895
213	GENERAL MOTORS	BUICK TERRAZA VAN	2	19,848	0.1008
214	MASERATI	GRANSPORT	0	490	0.0000
215	MASERATI	QUATTROPORTE	0	1,311	0.0000
216	HONDA	ACURA NSX	0	249	0.0000
217	ASTON MARTIN	VANQUISH	0	165	0.0000
218	AUDI	TT	0	3,375	0.0000
219	ROLLS ROYCE	BENTLEY ARNAGE	0	361	0.0000
220	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE	0	854	0.0000
221	GENERAL MOTORS	CADILLAC LIMOUSINE	0	472	0.0000
222	FERRARI	MARANELLO/F1	0	235	0.0000
223	FERRARI	SCAGLIETTI/F1	0	228	0.0000
224	FERRARI	SPIDER/F1	0	1,093	0.0000
225	GENERAL MOTORS	CHEVROLET CLASSIC	0	83,060	0.0000
226	GENERAL MOTORS	GMC K2500	0	51	0.0000
227	HONDA	INSIGHT	0	591	0.0000
228	JAGUAR	XJR	0	741	0.0000
229	JAGUAR	XK8	0	1,760	0.0000
230	NISSAN	ARMADA	0	34,803	0.0000
231	NISSAN	TITAN	0	77,628	0.0000
232	SPYKER	C8	0	7	0.0000
233	VOLVO	XC70	0	14,806	0.0000

Issued on: October 5, 2007.

Stephen R. Kratzke,

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.