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AGENCY:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation.
ACTION:
Publication of 2012 final theft data.
SUMMARY:
This document publishes the final data on thefts of model year (MY) 2012 passenger motor vehicles that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2012. The final 2012 theft data indicated an increase in the vehicle theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2012. The final theft rate for MY 2012 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2012 is 1.1294 thefts per thousand vehicles, an increase of 14.21 percent from the rate of 0.9889 thefts per thousand in 2011. 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:
Effective date: November 25, 2014.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202) 366-4139. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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 and 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 this statutory mandate, NHTSA has published theft data annually beginning with MYs 1983/84. Continuing to fulfill the section 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the final theft data for CY 2012, the most recent calendar year for which data are available.
In calculating the 2012 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it used in calculating the MY 2011 theft rates. (For 2011 theft data calculations, see 79 FR 7090.) As in all previous reports, NHTSA's data were based on information provided to NHTSA by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a government 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 2012 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2012 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2012 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2012, as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The final 2012 theft data show a slight increase in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2011. The final theft rate for MY 2012 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2012 increased to 1.1294 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, an increase of 14.21 percent from the rate of 0.9889 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2011 vehicles in CY 2011. A similar increasing trend in vehicle thefts was reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) 2012 Uniform Crime Report showing a 0.6% increase in motor vehicle thefts (automobiles, trucks, buses and other vehicles) from 2011 to 2012. Historically, the data has shown an overall decreasing trend in theft rates since CY 1993, with periods of increase from one year to the next. The agency welcomed public comment on the cause for the slight increase, but none were received.
For MY 2012 vehicles, out of a total of 211 vehicle lines, nine 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 nine vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, eight are passenger car lines, one is a multipurpose passenger vehicle line, and none are light-duty truck lines.
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On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, NHTSA published the preliminary theft rates for CY 2012 passenger motor vehicles in the Federal Register (79 FR 45412). The agency tentatively ranked each of the MY 2012 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate. The public was requested to comment on the accuracy of the data and to provide final production figures for individual vehicle lines. The agency did not receive any comments from the public that would make adjustments to its data. As a result, the final theft rates and rankings of vehicle lines did not change from those published in the August 2014 notice.
Subsequent to the August 5, 2014, publication of preliminary theft data, BYD Motors, Inc. (BYD) submitted its EPA production data for the e6 vehicle line. NHTSA has corrected the final theft data to include an entry for the BYD e6 vehicle line. As a result of this correction, the final theft list has been revised accordingly. The BYD e6, previously omitted, is ranked No. 211 with a theft rate of 0.0000.
The following list represents NHTSA's final calculation of theft rates for all 2012 passenger motor vehicle lines. This list is intended to inform the public of calendar year 2012 motor vehicle thefts of model year 2012 vehicles and does not have any effect on the obligations of regulated parties under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331, Theft Prevention.
Start Printed Page 70120Final Report of Theft Rates for Model Year 2012 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2012
Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2012 Production (Mfr's) 2012 2012 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced) 1 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-CLASS 17 827 20.5562 2 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 34 6,186 5.4963 3 MAZDA 6 202 40,004 5.0495 4 CHRYSLER DODGE CHARGER 316 66,432 4.7567 5 NISSAN INFINITI FX35/FX50 35 8,902 3.9317 6 CHRYSLER DODGE AVENGER 329 85,365 3.8540 7 CHRYSLER 300 232 60,287 3.8483 8 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 604 165,986 3.6389 9 MITSUBISHI GALANT 67 18,600 3.6022 10 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAPTIVA 112 31,797 3.5223 11 BMW 6 19 5,609 3.3874 12 CHRYSLER DODGE CHALLENGER 143 43,080 3.3194 13 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAMARO 249 80,707 3.0852 14 TOYOTA YARIS 166 54,886 3.0245 15 NISSAN PATHFINDER 47 15,765 2.9813 16 CHRYSLER 200 352 121,175 2.9049 Start Printed Page 70117 17 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 29 11,443 2.5343 18 NISSAN ALTIMA 760 313,956 2.4207 19 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 509 225,791 2.2543 20 FORD MOTOR CO MUSTANG 178 80,487 2.2115 21 AUDI AUDI A8 10 4,538 2.2036 22 VOLVO XC90 3 1,377 2.1786 23 NISSAN INFINITI M35H/M37/M56 28 13,731 2.0392 24 BMW B7 1 492 2.0325 25 NISSAN MAXIMA 129 65,150 1.9800 26 MAZDA 2 32 16,169 1.9791 27 PORSCHE PANAMERA 13 7,056 1.8424 28 NISSAN VERSA 272 149,418 1.8204 29 HONDA ACURA ZDX 2 1,122 1.7825 30 FORD MOTOR CO TAURUS 69 39,314 1.7551 31 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-CLASS 45 26,554 1.6947 32 BMW 7 23 13,696 1.6793 33 NISSAN SENTRA 229 139,585 1.6406 34 GENERAL MOTORS GMC CANYON PICKUP 22 13,690 1.6070 35 MASERATI GRANTURISMO 3 1,953 1.5361 36 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 17 11,144 1.5255 37 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XK/XKR 2 1,323 1.5117 38 NISSAN INFINITI G25/G37 85 56,585 1.5022 39 KIA FORTE 106 72,284 1.4664 40 VOLVO C70 7 4,787 1.4623 41 TOYOTA COROLLA 304 197,973 1.4257 42 MAZDA CX-7 11 7,945 1.3845 43 CHRYSLER DODGE CALIBER 15 10,953 1.3695 44 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XJ 7 5,158 1.3571 45 KIA RIO 34 25,441 1.3364 46 FORD MOTOR CO FOCUS 413 318,556 1.2965 47 SUZUKI SX4 20 15,617 1.2807 48 AUDI AUDI A7 15 11,768 1.2746 49 KIA OPTIMA 132 106,747 1.2366 50 AUDI AUDI A3 9 7,287 1.2351 51 BMW 5 53 43,103 1.2296 52 FORD MOTOR CO FUSION 371 308,520 1.2025 53 CHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 124 104,184 1.1902 54 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 8 6,923 1.1556 55 HYUNDAI SONATA 264 230,381 1.1459 56 TOYOTA SCION TC 24 21,188 1.1327 57 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 107 95,583 1.1194 58 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CRUZE 297 270,622 1.0975 59 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 84 76,638 1.0961 60 HYUNDAI ACCENT 80 73,458 1.0891 61 HYUNDAI GENESIS 41 37,741 1.0864 62 VOLVO S80 4 3,748 1.0672 63 VOLVO C30 3 2,841 1.0560 64 TOYOTA CAMRY 547 523,846 1.0442 65 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK REGAL 26 26,003 0.9999 66 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 176 178,153 0.9879 67 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 8 8,102 0.9874 68 FIAT 500 60 60,935 0.9847 69 HONDA PILOT 42 42,657 0.9846 70 BENTLEY MOTORS CONTINENTAL 2 2,060 0.9709 71 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 51 52,531 0.9709 72 MAZDA 5 31 32,530 0.9530 73 NISSAN QUEST VAN 20 21,388 0.9351 74 KIA SOUL 94 100,672 0.9337 75 MAZDA 3 129 142,875 0.9029 76 VOLKSWAGEN CC 26 29,350 0.8859 77 TOYOTA AVALON 18 20,938 0.8597 78 HONDA ACCORD 275 325,034 0.8461 79 FORD MOTOR CO FIESTA 50 59,978 0.8336 80 FORD MOTOR CO ESCAPE 199 238,713 0.8336 81 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 49 59,411 0.8248 82 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET SONIC 69 83,979 0.8216 83 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LACROSSE 50 60,891 0.8211 84 CHRYSLER DODGE JOURNEY 62 77,471 0.8003 Start Printed Page 70118 85 NISSAN 370Z 5 6,271 0.7973 86 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XF 5 6,288 0.7952 87 KIA SPORTAGE 33 41,590 0.7935 88 VOLKSWAGEN GTI 14 18,586 0.7533 89 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS 38 50,591 0.7511 90 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKZ 28 37,676 0.7432 91 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 125 169,256 0.7385 92 FORD MOTOR CO EDGE 56 75,972 0.7371 93 TOYOTA VENZA 17 23,128 0.7350 94 HONDA CIVIC 333 455,627 0.7309 95 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKS 5 6,890 0.7257 96 KIA SEDONA VAN 24 33,319 0.7203 97 HONDA CR-Z 4 5,609 0.7131 98 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COLORADO PICKUP 36 50,765 0.7092 99 HONDA CROSSTOUR 19 26,934 0.7054 100 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV 1 1,435 0.6969 101 CHRYSLER JEEP COMPASS 30 43,360 0.6919 102 AUDI AUDI Q7 6 8,951 0.6703 103 BMW 3 29 43,714 0.6634 104 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 14 21,288 0.6576 105 HONDA ACURA TSX 24 36,921 0.6500 106 MITSUBISHI LANCER 11 16,958 0.6487 107 HYUNDAI VELOSTER 20 30,980 0.6456 108 VOLVO S60 22 34,378 0.6399 109 PORSCHE 911 5 8,114 0.6162 110 MAZDA CX-9 20 32,980 0.6064 111 TOYOTA SCION XB 27 44,722 0.6037 112 SUBARU LEGACY 23 39,094 0.5883 113 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKX 10 17,121 0.5841 114 HONDA ACURA RDX 5 8,786 0.5691 115 CHRYSLER JEEP PATRIOT 34 59,849 0.5681 116 KIA SORENTO 60 107,269 0.5593 117 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LAND ROVER EVOQUE 5 9,075 0.5510 118 BMW X3 8 14,543 0.5501 119 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 39 71,502 0.5454 120 VOLVO XC70 3 5,507 0.5448 121 NISSAN ROGUE 76 140,561 0.5407 122 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 17 31,725 0.5359 123 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 16 29,862 0.5358 124 SUBARU IMPREZA 35 67,058 0.5219 125 AUDI AUDI S4/S5 4 7,710 0.5188 126 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 68 132,822 0.5120 127 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 65 127,812 0.5086 128 NISSAN XTERRA 11 22,343 0.4923 129 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 55 112,906 0.4871 130 SUBARU TRIBECA 1 2,085 0.4796 131 AUDI AUDI A4/A5 18 37,744 0.4769 132 HONDA ACURA MDX 24 50,568 0.4746 133 HYUNDAI TUCSON 27 57,218 0.4719 134 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 3 6,501 0.4615 135 BMW M3 1 2,170 0.4608 136 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 30 65,554 0.4576 137 BMW 1 4 8,770 0.4561 138 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 64 141,387 0.4527 139 HONDA ACURA TL 24 53,260 0.4506 140 HONDA INSIGHT 3 6,723 0.4462 141 FORD MOTOR CO FLEX 9 20,181 0.4460 142 GENERAL MOTORS GMC TERRAIN 44 100,103 0.4395 143 SUBARU FORESTER 27 64,142 0.4209 144 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER 6 14,852 0.4040 145 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-CLASS 2 4,953 0.4038 146 MERCEDES-BENZ SMART FORTWO 2 5,035 0.3972 147 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 10 25,207 0.3967 148 NISSAN MURANO 23 58,188 0.3953 149 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET EQUINOX 87 220,965 0.3937 150 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 12 30,622 0.3919 151 TOYOTA RAV4 62 170,414 0.3638 152 AUDI AUDI Q5 12 33,880 0.3542 Start Printed Page 70119 153 HYUNDAI EQUUS 1 2,848 0.3511 154 NISSAN JUKE 13 37,933 0.3427 155 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LAND ROVER LR2 1 2,921 0.3423 156 BMW MINI COOPER 24 70,328 0.3413 157 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 11 32,739 0.3360 158 NISSAN CUBE 2 6,021 0.3322 159 AUDI AUDI A6 6 18,374 0.3265 160 SUZUKI KIZASHI 2 6,331 0.3159 161 VOLVO XC60 5 16,144 0.3097 162 TOYOTA SCION IQ 3 9,744 0.3079 163 TOYOTA PRIUS 67 220,571 0.3038 164 SUBARU OUTBACK WAGON 29 97,633 0.2970 165 HONDA CR-V 68 230,293 0.2953 166 TOYOTA LEXUS CT 6 21,668 0.2769 167 NISSAN INFINITI EX35 1 3,734 0.2678 168 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SRX 18 67,705 0.2659 169 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK VERANO 8 32,639 0.2451 170 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ 2 8,560 0.2336 171 HONDA FIT 11 50,757 0.2167 172 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2 11,140 0.1795 173 FORD MOTOR CO TRANSIT CONNECT VAN 7 43,125 0.1623 174 HYUNDAI AZERA 1 7,745 0.1291 175 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VOLT 2 18,355 0.1090 176 ASTON MARTIN DB9 0 47 0.0000 177 ASTON MARTIN DBS 0 106 0.0000 178 ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE 0 210 0.0000 179 ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE 0 85 0.0000 180 ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE 0 306 0.0000 181 ASTON MARTIN VIRAGE 0 302 0.0000 182 BMW M6 0 252 0.0000 183 BMW Z4 0 2,203 0.0000 184 ROLLS ROYCE GHOST 0 764 0.0000 185 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 0 53 0.0000 186 FERRARI 458 0 685 0.0000 187 FERRARI CALIFORNIA 0 566 0.0000 188 FERRARI FF 0 259 0.0000 189 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 0 519 0.0000 190 CODA AUTOMOTIVE CODA 0 115 0.0000 191 SAAB 9-4X 0 26 0.0000 192 HONDA ACURA RL 0 398 0.0000 193 LOTUS EVORA 0 146 0.0000 194 MCLAREN MP4-12C 0 697 0.0000 195 MERCEDES-BENZ B-CLASS 0 25 0.0000 196 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-CLASS 0 928 0.0000 197 MERCEDES-BENZ SLS-CLASS 0 1,275 0.0000 198 NISSAN GT-R 0 1,228 0.0000 199 NISSAN LEAF 0 11,460 0.0000 200 PORSCHE BOXSTER 0 754 0.0000 201 PORSCHE CAYMAN 0 1,022 0.0000 202 SUZUKI EQUATOR PICKUP 0 2,392 0.0000 203 TESLA MODEL S 0 2,952 0.0000 204 TOYOTA LEXUS HS 0 503 0.0000 205 AUDI AUDI R8 0 1,272 0.0000 206 AUDI AUDI TT 0 2,259 0.0000 207 BENTLEY MOTORS MULSANNE 0 233 0.0000 208 BUGATTI VEYRON 0 5 0.0000 209 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR COUPE 0 252 0.0000 210 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 0 285 0.0000 211 BYD E6 0 11 0.0000 Theft rate per 1,000 vehicles produced = Total theft ÷ Total production × 1000 12,172 10,777,418 1.1294 Under authority delegated in 49 CFR part 1.95.
Start SignatureEnd Signature End Supplemental InformationR. Ryan Posten
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2014-27885 Filed 11-24-14; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 11/25/2014
- Department:
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Entry Type:
- Rule
- Action:
- Publication of 2012 final theft data.
- Document Number:
- 2014-27885
- Pages:
- 70115-70120 (6 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0082
- PDF File:
- 2014-27885.pdf
- CFR: (1)
- 49 CFR 541