The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is a U.S. Government agency, part of the Department of Transportation, responsible for setting safety standards and verifying compliance by automobile manufacturers. It also issues guidelines for consumers, and publishes the results of safety tests of various automobiles, to allow buyers to evaluate the anticipated behavior of an automobile in a crash. Originally created in 1966 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Act, in response to the 1966 report by the National Academy of Science "Accidental Death and Disability - The Neglected Disease of Modern Society." NHTSA's original mission was to establish standards for Emergency Medical Services in the United States.
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