Make checking your VIN for Recalls part to your 'Spring Forward' to-do list!

Daylight saving time is around the corner. Families everywhere will be turning the clock forward and checking other safety essentials around the house, like changing smoke detector batteries. Unfortunately, most families don't know that it's also a good time to check their vehicles for open recalls. Since many Americans spend hours in the car commuting to work, the few minutes spent maintaining the family car can help keep everyone safe on the road. Remember: "Safe Cars Save Lives."

We'd like you to encourage your followers to use NHTSA's VIN Look-Up tool on NHTSA.gov at least twice a year to see if any of their vehicles are under a recall. To help remember, time the recall check with daylight saving time—every March when setting clocks forward and every November when setting clocks back.

We are hosting a #CheckForRecalls Tweet Up and we'd love for you to join us and spread this message to your friends, family, and followers.

Who: NHTSA and You!

What: #CheckForRecalls Tweet Up

When: Thursday, March 8, 2017, 1 - 4 p.m. ET

Where: www.twitter.com/NHTSAgov

How: Follow the conversation using the hashtag #CheckForRecalls. Feel free to mention @NHTSAgov in any of your tweets and we will get back to as many questions and comments as we can!

Follow NHTSA on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with the latest recalls and safety campaigns.

Click here to learn more about your Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN, which is your key to vehicle safety.

This video explains the recall process, how you will be notified, and what tools are available to you.

Additional Resources

>> Search Recalls by Make/Model

>> Search Recalls by VIN

>> Vehicle Recalls: FAQ

>> Sign Up for Recall Email Notifications

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Now Available - Traffic Safety Facts: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data

Traffic Safety Facts Annual Report Tables

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has deployed a dynamic and interactive online portal for its annual traffic safety report - Traffic Safety Facts: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

The portal can be accessed at:
https://cdan.nhtsa.gov/TSFTables/TSFAR.htm

This portal gives users the ability to generate the numerous descriptive statistics about traffic crashes of all severities, from those that result in property damage to those that result in the loss of human life. This portal fulfils a long-standing need to be able to provide the tables in a timelier and easily accessible manner. The portal now incorporates the feature to output the tables in various popular formats (Excel, pdf, etc.) while also providing features to request versions of the tables both at the national and state levels, where applicable. In addition, users can also generate historic versions of the tables.

The data sources for this report are the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS, 2010-2016) and the National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS GES, 2010-2015). Note: NASS GES was discontinued in 2016 and replaced with a new system called the Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). The 2016 data year is the first data collection year of CRSS and estimates for injury and property-damage-only crash estimates for 2016 will be available soon.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: BTS Releases January Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption Data

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Contact: Dave Smallen

Tel: 202-366-5568

david.smallen@dot.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY

BTS Releases January Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption Data

The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated its Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption web page with preliminary January data.

Cost per gallon for U.S. airlines' scheduled services:

January 2017	$1.64
December 2017	$1.91
January 2018	$2.04

The page provides scheduled service cost and consumption numbers. Use the "Select a Service" dropdown to see all services or non-scheduled services.

The Fuel Cost and Consumption page can be found here: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp Summaries by month are also available.

Preliminary fuel cost and consumption numbers are industry summaries only. Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging, contracts that allow airlines to limit exposure to future changes in fuel prices. The next monthly web update is scheduled for April 3.

Individual airline numbers through September are available on the BTS website. Individual airline numbers for October, November and December will be available with the BTS fourth-quarter 2017 financial release on May 7. Individual airline numbers for January will be available with the BTS first-quarter 2018 financial release on June 18.

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PBI truly cared about preserving wildlife, it wouldn't promote fur and down, especially when there are many durable, warm, and cruelty-free alternatives available. Please, speak up for coyotes and geese who suffer greatly to make fur-trimmed and down-filled jackets and ask PBI to end its partnership with Canada Goose now.

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