USA: Event Data Recorders
Updated on : 14-12-2025
| The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a final rule on 18 December 2024 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1881/Add.1), in response to a mandate of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to establish the appropriate recording period in NHTSA's Event Data Recorder (EDR) regulation (49 CFR part 563). The final rule amended the pre-crash data capture requirements of EDRs by increasing the recording duration and sample rate from 5 seconds at 2 Hz to 20 seconds at 10 Hz. The agency received three petitions for reconsideration from the Alliance of Automotive Innovation, the EDR Committee of SAE International, and FCA US LLC (a subsidiary of Stellantis N.V.) in response to the final rule. NHTSA is proposing to delay the compliance date from 1 September 2027, to 1 September 2028, and implement a phase-in period for EDRs to meet the new requirements.90 Federal Register (FR) 54619, 28 November 2024; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 563 and 585 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/html/2025-21506.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21506.pdf Comments must be received by 29 December 2025. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA is also seeking comment on a reinstatement with modification to a previously approved information collection. For additional information, see the Paperwork Reduction Act section under the Rulemaking Analyses and Notices section below. All comments relating to the information collection requirements should be submitted to NHTSA and to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section on or before 29 December 2025. Proposed Compliance Dates: NHTSA proposes delaying the compliance date and adopting a 4-year phase-in period to comply with the requirements in 49 CFR part 563 as amended by the final rule published on 18 December 2024, ''Event Data Recorders.'' The proposal would require that 25 percent of a manufacturer's applicable vehicles produced from 1 September 2028, to 31 August 2029, comply with Part 563, followed by 50 percent from 1 September 2029, to 31 August 2030, 75 percent from 1 September 2030, to 31 August 2031, and 100 percent on and after 1 September 2031. NHTSA also proposes that vehicles manufactured in two or more stages or that are altered are not required to comply with the rule until on or after 1 September 2031. Small-volume and limited-line manufacturers would be required to comply beginning on 1 September 2032. The proposal would permit voluntary early compliance. This response to petitions for reconsideration is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2025-0050. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA-2025-0050/document and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pmEastern Time on 29 December 2025. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with NHTSA and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period. Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1881 are identified by Docket Numbers NHTSA-2022-0021 and NHTSA-2024-0084 and provide access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Numbers. |
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