Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of September 30, 2008)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2005 2006 2007 

● Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.185 0.177 0.168** 

● Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses 5,539 5,347 5,099** 

 Fatalities Involving Large Trucks 5,240 5,027 4,808** 

 Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks 1,398 1,339 1,297** 

 Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks 3,932 3,776 3,621** 

 Fatalities Involving Buses*** 340 337 322** 

● Rate of Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT) 4.56 4.17 4.09** 

● Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses 136,000 126,000 124,000 

 Injuries Involving Large Trucks 114,000 106,000 101,000 

 Injuries Involving Buses 23,000 21,000 24,000 

● Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) 2,989,430 3,014,371 3,029,822** 

 Large Truck VMT 222,523 222,513 226,963** 

 Bus VMT 6,980 6,783 6,976** 

*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality rate = [(Number of fatalities involving large trucks and buses / Total VMT) x 100]. **Preliminary. 

***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 Total 

PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 9,722 5,463 10,256 5,859 9,633 5,976 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,946 804 1,973 808 1,834 938 

 Household Goods Reviews 563 6 489 9 607 21 

 Motor Coach Reviews 504 142 1,041 192 1,040 266 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,687 1,058 2,634 784 2,300 781 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 

 Percent Completed on Time 

10,187 

91% 

29,301 

97% 

5,706 

95% 

32,620 

98% 

3,989 

96% 

33,363 

98% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 99,363 3,053,716 92,900 3,135,368 102,256 3,218,498 

 HM Trucks 4,481 187,198 4,453 194,668 4,427 194,356 

● Buses 23,020 103,606 21,644 126,223 16,160 132,398 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 48,137 189,489 53,003 195,483 53,251 190,849 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) 527 542 1,434 664 224 550 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 368 56,440 260 50,024 169 49,727 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 48,296 133,591 54,177 146,123 53,306 141,672 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 5,079 5,905 6,095 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 494 774 1,015 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 733 1,045 1,122 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,093,996 2,273,467 3,172,923 2,263,702 3,273,232 2,257,487 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 52,959 105,257 54,854 125,926 51,008 130,030 

● Truck OOS Rate 7.0% 23.7% 6.9% 23.2% 6.6% 23.2% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.0% 9.0% 3.7% 7.9% 4.8% 7.7% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 9,349 7,815 6,803 

● Security Contact Reviews** 2,187 2,065 1,794 

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