77 FR 123 pgs. 38024-38030 - Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

Type: PRORULEVolume: 77Number: 123Pages: 38024 - 38030
Docket number: [Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0072]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-15597 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 541

[Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0072]

Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

AGENCY:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

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) 2010 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2010. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2010 vehicles (1.17 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 12.03 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2009 vehicles (1.33 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 August 27, 2012.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0072] 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 .

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. 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.

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 2010, the most recent calendar year for which data are available.

In calculating the 2010 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 2010 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2010 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2010 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2010, 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 2010 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2009 (For 2009 theft data, see 76 FR 65610, October 24, 2011). The preliminary theft rate for MY 2010 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2010 decreased to 1.17 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 12.03 percent from the rate of 1.33 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY vehicles in CY 2009. For MY 2010 vehicles, out of a total of 225 vehicle lines, three 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 three vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, three 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 2010 theft rate reduction is consistent with the general decreasing trend of theft rates over the past 18 years as indicated by Figure 1.

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Theft Rate per Thousand Vehicles Produced

In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2010 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 above, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to the 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://DocketsInfo.dot.gov .

Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2010 Production (Mfr's) 2010 2010 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced)
1 CHRYSLER DODGE CHARGER 532 88,032 6.0433
2 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G6 111 25,586 4.3383
3 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 579 150,391 3.8500
4 CHRYSLER 300 185 52,261 3.5399
5 NISSAN INFINITI FX35 30 9,385 3.1966
6 MITSUBISHI GALANT 38 12,053 3.1527
7 CHRYSLER SEBRING 130 43,022 3.0217
8 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 1 335 2.9851
9 CHRYSLER DODGE AVENGER 197 67,604 2.9140
10 KIA RIO 55 18,975 2.8986
11 NISSAN INFINITI M35/M45 12 4,287 2.7992
12 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET HHR 178 64,733 2.7498
13 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN TOWN CAR 27 9,937 2.7171
14 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-CLASS 3 1,124 2.6690
15 BMW 7 15 5,702 2.6307
16 HYUNDAI SONATA 195 77,219 2.5253
17 HYUNDAI ACCENT 139 55,245 2.5161
18 KIA OPTIMA 60 25,135 2.3871
19 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DTS 36 15,744 2.2866
20 FORD MOTOR CO MUSTANG 162 72,346 2.2392
21 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COBALT 260 116,273 2.2361
22 VOLVO C70 5 2,238 2.2341
23 CHRYSLER DODGE CALIBER 103 47,199 2.1822
24 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 691 317,754 2.1746
25 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 381 183,777 2.0732
26 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET AVEO 65 31,692 2.0510
27 NISSAN VERSA 162 79,164 2.0464
28 CHRYSLER DODGE CHALLENGER 106 51,812 2.0459
29 HONDA PILOT 42 22,528 1.8643
30 BMW 6 5 2,808 1.7806
31 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE 16 9,219 1.7355
32 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR 8 4,674 1.7116
33 VOLVO S40 12 7,306 1.6425
34 CHRYSLER JEEP COMPASS 30 18,549 1.6173
35 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAMARO 190 117,961 1.6107
36 FORD MOTOR CO FOCUS 279 176,089 1.5844
37 AUDI AUDI S4/S5 11 7,068 1.5563
38 NISSAN PATHFINDER 16 10,308 1.5522
39 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 61 40,045 1.5233
40 NISSAN ALTIMA 340 224,551 1.5141
41 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC VIBE 21 14,075 1.4920
42 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 41 27,956 1.4666
43 SUZUKI SX4 19 13,405 1.4174
44 KIA FORTE 137 98,010 1.3978
45 FORD MOTOR CO TAURUS 87 62,367 1.3950
46 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN VUE 4 2,904 1.3774
47 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 18 13,345 1.3488
48 NISSAN MAXIMA 89 66,639 1.3356
49 NISSAN XTERRA 31 23,420 1.3237
50 MAZDA 5 26 20,150 1.2903
51 TOYOTA COROLLA 615 478,294 1.2858
52 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 194 151,343 1.2819
53 PORSCHE PANAMERA 7 5,531 1.2656
54 NISSAN SENTRA 116 92,736 1.2509
55 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA 3 2,412 1.2438
56 FORD MOTOR CO FUSION 341 280,461 1.2159
57 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MILAN 47 38,824 1.2106
58 TOYOTA YARIS 74 63,285 1.1693
59 MAZDA 6 53 45,410 1.1671
60 NISSAN INFINITI G37 49 42,113 1.1635
61 TOYOTA SCION XB 24 20,718 1.1584
62 TOYOTA MATRIX 31 26,950 1.1503
63 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA/GLI 142 123,543 1.1494
64 VOLKSWAGEN CC 33 29,078 1.1349
65 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 17 15,555 1.0929
66 MERCEDES-BENZ GLK-CLASS 38 35,364 1.0745
67 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 18 16,829 1.0696
68 TOYOTA SCION TC 21 19,786 1.0614
69 HONDA ACURA 3.5 RL 3 2,859 1.0493
70 KIA SPORTAGE 13 12,465 1.0429
71 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 12 11,615 1.0331
72 MAZDA 3 164 158,778 1.0329
73 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 58 56,579 1.0251
74 MASERATI GRANTURISMO 1 989 1.0111
75 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC STS 3 3,010 0.9967
76 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LACROSSE/ALLURE 55 55,836 0.9850
77 FORD MOTOR CO FLEX 22 22,451 0.9799
78 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS 61 63,473 0.9610
79 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKS 14 14,730 0.9504
80 CHRYSLER DODGE JOURNEY 70 74,562 0.9388
81 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LUCERNE 19 20,529 0.9255
82 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XK/XKR 2 2,198 0.9099
83 CHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 44 48,487 0.9075
84 KIA SOUL 68 75,847 0.8965
85 BMW 3 42 47,715 0.8802
86 FORD MOTOR CO EDGE 105 119,546 0.8783
87 CHRYSLER DODGE NITRO 17 19,432 0.8748
88 AUDI AUDI A3 4 4,587 0.8720
89 HYUNDAI GENESIS 25 29,056 0.8604
90 BMW Z4/M 1 1,165 0.8584
91 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XF 7 8,206 0.8530
92 HONDA ACCORD CROSSTOUR 29 34,114 0.8501
93 HONDA CIVIC 217 259,907 0.8349
94 AUDI AUDI TT 1 1,201 0.8326
95 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER 16 19,395 0.8250
96 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKZ 23 27,963 0.8225
97 SUBARU IMPREZA 31 38,000 0.8158
98 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 11 13,636 0.8067
99 BENTLEY MOTORS CONTINENTAL 1 1,249 0.8006
100 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 43 54,895 0.7833
101 NISSAN CUBE 15 19,411 0.7728
102 HONDA ACURA ZDX 3 3,994 0.7511
103 FORD MOTOR CO ESCAPE 146 200,970 0.7265
104 GENERAL MOTORS GMC CANYON PICKUP 6 8,394 0.7148
105 NISSAN GT-R 1 1,420 0.7042
106 HONDA ACCORD 198 281,286 0.7039
107 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 39 55,423 0.7037
108 MITSUBISHI LANCER 21 29,952 0.7011
109 KIA SEDONA VAN 11 15,716 0.6999
110 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 77 111,599 0.6900
111 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 58 84,152 0.6892
112 AUDI AUDI A4/A5 26 38,497 0.6754
113 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-CLASS 1 1,505 0.6645
114 NISSAN 370Z 7 10,913 0.6414
115 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SRX 31 48,740 0.6360
116 TOYOTA SCION XD 10 15,884 0.6296
117 CHRYSLER JEEP PATRIOT 25 40,670 0.6147
118 HONDA ACURA MDX 21 34,613 0.6067
119 AUDI AUDI A6 4 6,777 0.5902
120 SUZUKI KIZASHI 4 6,807 0.5876
121 KIA RONDO 1 1,713 0.5838
122 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 26 44,888 0.5792
123 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKX 12 21,164 0.5670
124 FORD MOTOR CO CROWN VICTORIA 1 1,809 0.5528
125 TOYOTA VENZA 27 49,445 0.5461
126 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 9 17,505 0.5141
127 BMW 1 3 5,890 0.5093
128 HONDA INSIGHT 22 43,523 0.5055
129 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 21 41,696 0.5036
130 NISSAN ROGUE 44 89,165 0.4935
131 TOYOTA RAV4 89 180,634 0.4927
132 HONDA ELEMENT 8 16,560 0.4831
133 HONDA ACURA TSX 23 47,770 0.4815
134 TOYOTA AVALON 7 14,551 0.4811
135 HYUNDAI TUCSON 11 22,950 0.4793
136 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COLORADO PICKUP 12 25,073 0.4786
137 VOLVO V50 1 2,148 0.4655
138 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MARINER 14 30,142 0.4645
139 SUBARU LEGACY 16 34,726 0.4607
140 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 45 98,149 0.4585
141 BMW MINI COOPER 18 40,706 0.4422
142 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF/RABBIT/GTI 11 24,911 0.4416
143 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 3 6,801 0.4411
144 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 5 11,358 0.4402
145 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 3 7,090 0.4231
146 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 23 54,389 0.4229
147 HONDA ACURA 3.2 TL 15 37,466 0.4004
148 FORD MOTOR CO RANGER PICKUP 22 58,434 0.3765
149 NISSAN MURANO 22 58,921 0.3734
150 AUDI AUDI Q5 7 18,853 0.3713
151 SUBARU OUTBACK 25 71,253 0.3509
152 VOLVO S80 3 8,805 0.3407
153 BMW 5 12 35,988 0.3334
154 SUBARU FORESTER 37 111,861 0.3308
155 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 49 152,431 0.3215
156 HONDA CR-V 64 200,327 0.3195
157 TOYOTA PRIUS 78 250,553 0.3113
158 VOLVO XC90 3 9,846 0.3047
159 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 4 13,204 0.3029
160 GENERAL MOTORS GMC TERRAIN 13 48,605 0.2675
161 SUZUKI VITARA/GRAND VITARA 2 7,498 0.2667
162 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 30 113,418 0.2645
163 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 4 15,936 0.2510
164 PORSCHE 911 1 4,030 0.2481
165 TOYOTA LEXUS HS 4 18,091 0.2211
166 FORD MOTOR CO TRANSIT CONNECT VAN 8 36,886 0.2169
167 HONDA ACURA RDX 3 14,117 0.2125
168 NISSAN INFINITI EX35 2 9,536 0.2097
169 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET EQUINOX 29 139,654 0.2077
170 SAAB 9-3 1 5,090 0.1965
171 VOLVO XC60 3 17,202 0.1744
172 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 1 5,762 0.1736
173 MAZDA CX-7 7 40,443 0.1731
174 HONDA FIT 12 69,465 0.1727
175 BMW X3 1 6,566 0.1523
176 MAZDA CX-9 1 15,464 0.0647
177 ASTON MARTIN DB9 0 68 0.0000
178 ASTON MARTIN DBS 0 169 0.0000
179 ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE 0 135 0.0000
180 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 0 229 0.0000
181 AUDI AUDI A8 0 649 0.0000
182 AUDI AUDI R8 0 546 0.0000
183 AUDI AUDI S6 0 140 0.0000
184 BENTLEY MOTORS AZURE 0 38 0.0000
185 BENTLEY MOTORS BROOKLANDS 0 2 0.0000
186 BMW M3 0 1,869 0.0000
187 BMW M5 0 386 0.0000
188 BMW M6 0 523 0.0000
189 BUGATTI VEYRON 0 8 0.0000
190 CHRYSLER DODGE VIPER 0 384 0.0000
191 FERRARI 458 0 474 0.0000
192 FERRARI 599 0 153 0.0000
193 FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI 0 26 0.0000
194 FERRARI CALIFORNIA 0 1,127 0.0000
195 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 0 529 0.0000
196 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC LIMOUSINE 0 272 0.0000
197 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G5 0 3 0.0000
198 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN AURA 0 20 0.0000
199 HYUNDAI AZERA 0 1,121 0.0000
200 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ 0 8,344 0.0000
201 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LAND ROVER LR2 0 4,430 0.0000
202 JAGUAR LAND ROVER XJ 0 68 0.0000
203 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 0 190 0.0000
204 LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 0 59 0.0000
205 LOTUS ELISE 0 354 0.0000
206 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 0 394 0.0000
207 MAZDA RX-8 0 1,217 0.0000
208 MAZDA TRIBUTE 0 4,180 0.0000
209 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-CLASS 0 1,352 0.0000
210 MERCEDES-BENZ MAYBACH 57 0 1 0.0000
211 MERCEDES-BENZ SMART FORTWO 0 3,255 0.0000
212 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 0 793 0.0000
213 NISSAN INFINITI FX50 0 460 0.0000
214 PORSCHE BOXSTER 0 1,421 0.0000
215 PORSCHE CAYMAN 0 955 0.0000
216 ROLLS ROYCE GHOST 0 604 0.0000
217 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 0 281 0.0000
218 ROUSH PERFORMANCE RPP MUSTANG 0 766 0.0000
219 SAAB 9-5 0 644 0.0000
220 SPYKER C8 0 5 0.0000
221 SUZUKI EQUATOR PICKUP 0 1,230 0.0000
222 TESLA ROADSTER 0 278 0.0000
223 VOLVO C30 0 1,536 0.0000
224 VOLVO V70 0 1,496 0.0000
225 VOLVO XC70 0 6,379 0.0000

Authority:

49 U.S.C. 33101, 33102 and 33104; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Issued on: June 7, 2012.

Christopher J. Bonanti,

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 2012-15597 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]

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