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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) 2011, including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2011. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2011 vehicles (0.10 thefts per thousand vehicles) significantly decreased by 91.45 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2010 vehicles (1.17 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 September 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0073 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: 202-493-2251.
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://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
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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) Start Printed Page 41017366-4139. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990.
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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 section 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the preliminary theft data for CY 2010 the most recent calendar year for which data are available.
In calculating the 2011 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it has used since publication of the 1983/1984 theft rate data (50 FR 46669, November 12, 1985). The 2011 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2011 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2011 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2011, as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 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 approximately 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 preliminary 2011 theft data show a significant decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2010 (For 2010 theft data, see 77 FR 58500, September 21, 2012). The preliminary theft rate for MY 2011 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2011 decreased to 0.10 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 91.45 percent from the rate of 1.17 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY vehicles in CY 2010. For MY 2011 vehicles, out of a total of 226 vehicle lines, four 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 four vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, four are passenger car lines, none are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and none are light-duty truck lines.
The agency believes that the theft rate reduction is a result of several factors, including vehicle parts marking; the increased use of standard antitheft devices and other advances in electronic technology (i.e., immobilizers) and theft prevention methods; increased and improved prosecution efforts by law enforcement organizations; and, increased public awareness which may have contributed to the overall reduction in vehicle thefts. The preliminary MY 2011 theft rate reduction is consistent with the general decreasing trend of theft rates over the past 19 years as indicated by Figure 1.
Start Printed Page 41018In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2011 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 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 in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to the docket. 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.
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Start SignaturePreliminary Report of Theft Rates for Model Year 2011 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2011
Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2011 Production (mfr's) 2011 2011 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced) 1 CHRYSLER DODGE CHARGER 216 44,849 4.8162 2 MITSUBISHI GALANT 71 16,728 4.2444 3 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC STS 18 4,637 3.8818 4 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 1 259 3.8610 5 HYUNDAI ACCENT 106 30,231 3.5063 6 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 591 172,098 3.4341 7 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET HHR 230 68,454 3.3599 8 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET AVEO 142 42,367 3.3517 9 NISSAN INFINITI FX35 21 6,711 3.1292 10 NISSAN GT-R 1 326 3.0675 11 KIA RIO 51 18,803 2.7123 12 PORSCHE PANAMERA 22 8,144 2.7014 13 CHRYSLER DODGE CHALLENGER 60 24,237 2.4756 14 NISSAN VERSA 229 97,410 2.3509 15 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 23 10,050 2.2886 16 NISSAN SENTRA 213 95,341 2.2341 17 NISSAN ALTIMA 387 179,269 2.1588 18 AUDI AUDI A8 10 4,751 2.1048 19 MAZDA 6 52 25,456 2.0427 20 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAMARO 196 97,518 2.0099 21 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 19 9,652 1.9685 22 TOYOTA MATRIX 9 4,588 1.9616 23 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 400 211,025 1.8955 24 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR 22 12,018 1.8306 25 CHRYSLER DODGE AVENGER 73 41,013 1.7799 26 CHRYSLER DODGE CALIBER 65 37,104 1.7518 27 KIA FORTE 91 52,119 1.7460 28 FORD MOTOR CO MUSTANG 107 61,620 1.7365 29 SAAB 9-3 3 1,750 1.7143 30 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DTS 28 17,146 1.6330 31 NISSAN MAXIMA 101 62,836 1.6074 32 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 781 486,288 1.6060 33 FORD MOTOR CO TAURUS 118 76,821 1.5360 34 TOYOTA YARIS 38 24,850 1.5292 35 AUDI AUDI A3 10 6,734 1.4850 36 CHRYSLER 300 42 28,373 1.4803 37 FORD MOTOR CO CROWN VICTORIA 27 19,244 1.4030 38 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XJ 4 2,852 1.4025 39 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MARINER 12 8,656 1.3863 40 FORD MOTOR CO FOCUS 127 91,762 1.3840 41 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-CLASS 2 1,472 1.3587 42 HONDA ACURA ZDX 1 737 1.3569 43 NISSAN INFINITI G25/G37 72 53,917 1.3354 44 MAZDA RX-8 1 768 1.3021 45 MASERATI GRANTURISMO 2 1,545 1.2945 46 MAZDA 3 123 97,252 1.2648 47 BENTLEY MOTORS CONTINENTAL 1 809 1.2361 48 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 74 60,373 1.2257 49 SUZUKI SX4 16 13,280 1.2048 50 KIA SEDONA VAN 20 16,717 1.1964 51 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 119 99,916 1.1910 52 NISSAN CUBE 17 14,294 1.1893 53 HYUNDAI SONATA 350 301,276 1.1617 54 HONDA CIVIC 158 136,721 1.1556 55 TOYOTA SCION XB 23 19,909 1.1553 56 VOLVO S40 5 4,352 1.1489 57 SUZUKI KIZASHI 7 6,110 1.1457 58 CHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 65 57,104 1.1383 59 FORD MOTOR CO FUSION 239 211,964 1.1276 60 AUDI AUDI A6 8 7,108 1.1255 61 CHRYSLER 200 72 64,140 1.1225 62 CHRYSLER DODGE NITRO 40 35,638 1.1224 63 KIA SPORTAGE 50 45,604 1.0964 64 NISSAN INFINITI M37/M56 16 14,818 1.0798 65 BMW 7 13 12,087 1.0755 66 TOYOTA SCION TC 20 18,637 1.0731 67 KIA OPTIMA 69 64,320 1.0728 Start Printed Page 41020 68 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN TOWN CAR 15 14,209 1.0557 69 HONDA CR-Z 17 16,421 1.0353 70 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-CLASS 21 21,303 0.9858 71 TOYOTA COROLLA 215 223,032 0.9640 72 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKT 4 4,274 0.9359 73 VOLVO S80 4 4,281 0.9344 74 BMW M3 7 7,575 0.9241 75 GENERAL MOTORS GMC CANYON PICKUP 6 6,510 0.9217 76 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 5 5,485 0.9116 77 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKS 12 13,171 0.9111 78 VOLVO C30 5 5,530 0.9042 79 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LAND ROVER LR2 3 3,333 0.9001 80 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 5 5,610 0.8913 81 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 11 12,353 0.8905 82 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 62 69,685 0.8897 83 HYUNDAI GENERAL MOTORSSIS 26 29,398 0.8844 84 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LUCERNE 28 31,887 0.8781 85 SUZUKI VITARA/GRAND VITARA 5 5,704 0.8766 86 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA/GLI 128 148,313 0.8630 87 PORSCHE CAYMAN 1 1,199 0.8340 88 KIA SOUL 80 96,970 0.8250 89 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XK/XKR 3 3,662 0.8192 90 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS 61 74,557 0.8182 91 BMW B7 10 12,493 0.8005 92 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LACROSSE/ALLURE 49 62,533 0.7836 93 FORD MOTOR CO EDGE 105 134,206 0.7824 94 HONDA ACURA TL 10 12,807 0.7808 95 HONDA ACCORD 173 221,250 0.7819 96 CHRYSLER JEEP PATRIOT 41 53,153 0.7714 97 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 43 57,930 0.7423 98 VOLVO C70 5 6,867 0.7281 99 HONDA ACCORD CROSSTOUR 9 12,388 0.7265 101 KIA SORENTO 121 168,443 0.7183 102 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 22 30,811 0.7140 103 FORD MOTOR CO FIESTA 55 77,183 0.7126 104 AUDI AUDI R8 1 1,416 0.7062 105 HONDA ACURA MDX 36 51,201 0.7031 106 NISSAN PATHFINDER 22 31,439 0.6998 107 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK REGAL 35 50,439 0.6939 108 BMW 1 9 13,131 0.6854 109 AUDI AUDI A4/A5 29 42,875 0.6764 110 NISSAN 370Z 4 6,218 0.6433 111 FORD MOTOR CO ESCAPE 133 207,528 0.6409 112 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 66 103,837 0.6356 113 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COLORADO PICKUP 16 25,283 0.6328 114 BMW 5 42 66,525 0.6313 115 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-CLASS 2 3,188 0.6274 116 HONDA INSIGHT 8 12,924 0.619 117 HONDA ELEMENT 7 11,460 0.6108 118 BMW 3 100 164,060 0.6095 119 MAZDA 2 11 18,108 0.6075 120 TOYOTA SCION XD 4 6,609 0.6052 121 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XF 7 11,734 0.5966 122 AUDI AUDI Q5 14 23,731 0.5900 123 CHRYSLER JEEP COMPASS 25 42,921 0.5825 124 MAZDA CX-9 17 29,203 0.5821 125 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 15 25,785 0.5817 126 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 71 122,520 0.5795 127 HONDA ACURA RDX 9 15,590 0.5773 128 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CRUZE 100 177,381 0.5638 129 MAZDA CX-7 21 37,655 0.5577 130 BMW Z4/M 3 5,450 0.5505 131 TOYOTA RAV4 100 181,785 0.5501 132 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SRX 32 59,077 0.5417 133 VOLKSWAGEN CC 7 13,003 0.5383 134 CHRYSLER DODGE JOURNEY 17 32,094 0.5297 135 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 1 1,908 0.5241 Start Printed Page 41021 136 NISSAN ROGUE 72 138,221 0.5209 137 FORD MOTOR CO FLEX 17 32,847 0.5176 138 AUDI AUDI S4/S5 4 7,820 0.5115 139 PORSCHE 911 3 5,892 0.5092 140 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 23 47,081 0.4885 141 SUBARU IMPREZA 24 49,315 0.4867 142 VOLVO XC90 5 10,641 0.4699 143 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 87 187,467 0.4641 144 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 26 56,942 0.4566 145 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 38 87,503 0.4343 146 TOYOTA VENZA 18 42,351 0.4250 147 SUBARU LEGACY 21 50,878 0.4128 148 HYUNDAI TUCSON 32 78,643 0.4069 149 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKX 11 27,119 0.4056 150 MITSUBISHI LANCER 11 28,316 0.3885 151 HONDA PILOT 63 163,910 0.3844 152 NISSAN JUKE 16 42,380 0.3775 153 NISSAN MURANO 21 56,539 0.3714 154 HYUNDAI AZERA 1 2,699 0.3705 155 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKZ 9 24,752 0.3636 156 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER 4 11,018 0.3630 157 HONDA ACURA TSX 8 22,189 0.3605 158 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET EQUINOX 67 188,476 0.3555 159 BMW MINI COOPER 17 48,663 0.3493 160 FORD MOTOR CO RANGER PICKUP 34 99,043 0.3433 161 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 12 35,054 0.3423 162 VOLVO S60 1 2,951 0.3389 163 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MILAN 2 6,291 0.3179 164 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF/RABBIT/GTI 10 31,726 0.3152 165 NISSAN QUEST VAN 5 16,012 0.3123 166 MAZDA TRIBUTE 1 3,206 0.3119 167 HONDA FIT 13 41,694 0.3118 168 HYUNDAI EQUUS 1 3,305 0.3026 169 TOYOTA AVALON 17 56,692 0.2999 170 SUBARU OUTBACK 37 129,071 0.2867 171 MERCEDES-BENZ SMART FORTWO 1 3,542 0.2823 172 HONDA CR-V 70 255,339 0.2742 173 NISSAN XTERRA 6 21,983 0.2729 174 GENERAL MOTORS GMC TERRAIN 22 83,531 0.2634 175 BMW X3 6 23,188 0.2588 176 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 25 103,550 0.2414 177 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 18 76,526 0.2352 178 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 10 44,249 0.2260 179 FORD MOTOR CO TRANSIT CONNECT VAN 6 28,091 0.2136 180 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 2 9,861 0.2028 181 TOYOTA LEXUS CT 2 10,216 0.1958 182 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 1 5,464 0.1830 183 TOYOTA PRIUS 22 133,660 0.1646 184 NISSAN INFINITI EX35 1 6,118 0.1635 185 SUBARU FORESTER 11 74,829 0.1470 186 VOLVO XC60 4 36,854 0.1085 187 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ 1 10,861 0.0921 188 LOTUS EVORA 0 347 0.0000 189 ASTON MARTIN DB9 0 86 0.0000 190 ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE 0 259 0.0000 191 ASTON MARTIN DBS 0 104 0.0000 192 ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE 0 317 0.0000 193 AUDI AUDI TT 0 1,434 0.0000 194 AUDI AUDI S6 0 159 0.0000 195 BENTLEY MOTORS MULSANNE 0 235 0.0000 196 BMW X5 0 37,865 0.0000 197 BMW X6 0 4,430 0.0000 198 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 7L 0 584 0.0000 199 ROLLS ROYCE DROPHEAD COUPE CONVERTIBLE 0 82 0.0000 200 FERRARI 458 0 662 0.0000 201 FERRARI 599 0 247 0.0000 202 FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI 0 1 0.0000 Start Printed Page 41022 203 FERRARI CALIFORNIA 0 518 0.0000 204 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 0 752 0.0000 205 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC LIMOUSINE 0 488 0.0000 206 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G3 0 243 0.0000 207 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VOLT 0 4,370 0.0000 208 HONDA ACURA RL 0 1,012 0.0000 209 KIA RONDO 0 109 0.0000 210 KIA BORREGO 0 14 0.0000 211 LOTUS ELISE 0 232 0.0000 212 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 0 635 0.0000 213 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-CLASS 0 1,288 0.0000 214 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-CLASS 0 723 0.0000 215 MERCEDES-BENZ F-CELL 0 44 0.0000 216 MERCEDES-BENZ SLS-CLASS 0 863 0.0000 217 PORSCHE BOXSTER 0 1,967 0.0000 218 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 0 67 0.0000 219 ROLLS ROYCE GHOST 0 854 0.0000 220 SAAB 9-5 0 2,034 0.0000 221 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA 0 2,780 0.0000 222 SUZUKI EQUATOR 0 2,160 0.0000 223 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 0 45,155 0.0000 224 TOYOTA LEXUS HS 0 2,356 0.0000 225 VOLVO V50 0 865 0.0000 226 VOLVO XC70 0 5,069 0.0000 Issued on: June 25, 2013.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2013-16428 Filed 7-8-13; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Comments Received:
- 0 Comments
- Published:
- 07/09/2013
- Department:
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Entry Type:
- Proposed Rule
- Action:
- Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments.
- Document Number:
- 2013-16428
- Dates:
- Comments must be submitted on or before September 9, 2013.
- Pages:
- 41016-41022 (7 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0073
- PDF File:
- 2013-16428.pdf
- CFR: (1)
- 49 CFR 541