Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS)

To assist consumers purchasing new vehicles or replacement tires, NHTSA has rated more than 2,400 lines of tires, including most used on passenger cars, minivans, SUVs and light pickup trucks using a grading system known as the Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS). UTQGS allows consumers to compare tire tread wear, traction performance and temperature resistance.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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accrualPeriodicity R/P1D
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agencyProgramURL http://www.safercar.gov/tires/index.html
analysisUnit Tires
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categoryDesignation Research
collectionInstrument Transportation
collection_metadata true
dataQuality true
identifier DOT-4
issued 2009-10-29
landingPage https://data.transportation.gov/d/rfqx-2vcg
language {en-US}
license http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
modified 2018-12-19
phone 202-366-0307
programCode {021:031}
publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
resource-type Dataset
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temporal R/2009-10-29/P1D
theme {Transportation}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
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  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • grading
  • national
  • north-america
  • quality
  • system
  • temperature-resistance
  • tire
  • traction-performance
  • tread-wear
  • uniform
  • united-states
  • utqgs
isopen False
license_id us-pd
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maintainer Hisham Mohamed
maintainer_email hisham.mohamed@dot.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T19:38:01.216517
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T19:38:01.216522
notes To assist consumers purchasing new vehicles or replacement tires, NHTSA has rated more than 2,400 lines of tires, including most used on passenger cars, minivans, SUVs and light pickup trucks using a grading system known as the Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS). UTQGS allows consumers to compare tire tread wear, traction performance and temperature resistance.
num_resources 1
num_tags 17
title Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQGS)