Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of December 31, 2007)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2005 2006 2007 

● Large Truck and Bus Fatality Rate (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.185 0.176** *** 

● Total Fatalities (Large Trucks and Buses) 5,539 5,309** *** 

 Large Truck Fatalities 5,240 4,995** *** 

 Single-Unit Truck Fatalities 1,398 1,321** *** 

 Combination-Unit Truck Fatalities 3,932 3,761** *** 

 Bus Fatalities  340 331**  *** 

● Large Truck and Bus Injury Rate (per 100 million total VMT) 4.56 4.17** *** 

● Total Injuries (Large Trucks and Buses) 136,000 126,000** *** 

 Large Truck Injuries 114,000 106,000** *** 

 Bus Injuries 23,000 21,000** *** 

● Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) 2,989,430 3,014,116** *** 

 Large Truck VMT 222,523 223,037** *** 

 Bus VMT 6,980 6,994** *** 

*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality Rate = [(Number of Fatalities / Total VMT) x 100]. **Preliminary. ***Data not available. 

****Includes all occupants and nonoccupants killed in all bus crashes. 

Note: Individual subtotals may not add to totals due to the potential for double counting (e.g., fatalities or injuries in a truck-bus crash). 

Sources: NHTSA, fatalities and injuries; FHWA, vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

DATA QUALITY 2005 2006 2007

ACCURACY

● Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier 88% 92% 94% 

● Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier 97% 98% 98% 

TIMELINESS

● Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days 81% 86% 86% 

● Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days 81% 91% 92% 

COMPLETENESS

● Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA 99% 99% 100% 

● Percentage of nonfatal crashes reported to FMCSA (initiated 10/07) * * 86% 

● Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data (initiated 10/07) * * 69% 

Sources: MCMIS (State-reported crash data); NHTSA (fatal crash data). For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality. *Data not available.

FY 2006 Total FY 2007 Total FY 2008 (Oct-Dec 2007) PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 9,722 5,463 10,243 5,858 2,124 1,415 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,946 804 1,968 808 403 238 

 Household Goods Reviews 563 6 489 9 79 1 

 Motor Coach Reviews 504 142 1,041 192 180 54 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,687 1,058 2,635 769 518 213 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 

 Percent Completed on Time 

10,187 

91% 

29,301 

97% 

5,705 

96% 

32,598 

99% 

713 

99% 

7,426 

99% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 99,363 3,053,716 92,667 3,132,564 24,159 739,716 

 HM Trucks 4,481 187,198 4,449 194,522 1,049 43,470 

● Buses 23,020 103,606 21,577 125,892 3,843 20,841 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 48,137 189,489 52,993 195,462 13,168 46,356 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) 527 542 1,435 656 47 130 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 368 56,440 260 50,021 26 10,576 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 48,296 133,591 54,168 146,097 13,189 35,910 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 5,079 5,902 1,400 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 494 774 238 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 733 1,050 251 

DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle 

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,093,996 2,273,467 3,170,540 2,261,239 755,673 511,291 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 52,959 105,257 54,771 125,430 11,691 20,383 

● Truck OOS Rate 7.0% 23.7% 6.9% 23.2% 6.8% 22.4% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.0% 9.0% 3.8% 7.9% 5.6% 8.5% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 9,349 7,773 660 

● Security Contact Reviews** 2,187 2,061 381 

*Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only. **These counts no longer include Security Sensitivity Visits.