Definitions
49 U.S.C. § 32301
in effectIn 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.
Source: OLRC USLMURL: https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/95/xml_usc49@119-95.zipFetched: 6/7/2026
