49 USC § 32301 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s32301"
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title: "49 USC § 32301 - Definitions"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "32301"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 323
chapter_name: "CONSUMER INFORMATION"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title I, § 31305(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 765.)"
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# § 32301. Definitions

In this chapter—

**(1)** “crash avoidance” means preventing or mitigating a crash;

**(2)** “crashworthiness” means the protection a passenger motor vehicle gives its passengers against personal injury or death from a motor vehicle accident; and

**(3)** “damage susceptibility” means the susceptibility of a passenger motor vehicle to damage in a motor vehicle accident.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title I, § 31305(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 765.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 32301 | 15:1901(13), (14). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 2(13), (14), 86 Stat. 948; Dec. 22, 1975, Pub. L. 94–163, § 301, 89 Stat. 901; Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96–425, § 8(a)(2), 94 Stat. 1828; Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98–547, § 101(b), 98 Stat. 2767. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2012— added par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as (2) and (3), respectively, and, in par. (2), substituted “; and” for period at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2012 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under , Highways.