49 U.S.C. § 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.

( 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 .)