Advanced Retrieval (Tire, Equipment, Motor Vehicle) Information System (ARTEMIS)

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is responsible for identifying, investigating, and ensuring the remedy, through safety recalls conducted by manufacturers, of safety-related defects and non-compliance issues in motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment. To accomplish this, ODI obtains, collects, and evaluates information from several different sources. ODI obtains most of its information from consumers and motor vehicle and equipment manufacturers. The remaining information is submitted by State and local law enforcement, insurance companies, automobile dealers, advocacy groups, and other entities. ODI uses the Advanced Retrieval (Tire, Equipment, Motor Vehicles) Information System (ARTEMIS) to provide centralized storage, document management and data analysis tools for all information described above. ODI employees and contractors use ARTEMIS in the performance of their day-to-day activities.
As the repository for ODI data, ARTEMIS maintains data from several agency information collections that support ODI’s mission. These collections are to support ODI’s activities to determine the existence of a safety-related defect in motor vehicles and equipment, or to audit a manufacturer’s recall of vehicles or equipment. Except for one collection, the information collections that feed data into ARTEMIS concern information about the motor vehicle or equipment, with potential ancillary information about individuals included in the collection.