Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of June 30, 2005) 

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2002 2003 2004 

• Large Truck Fatalities 4,939

 

4,986

 

5,190

 

• Large Truck Fatality Rate

 (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled) 

2.3

 

2.3 *

• Intercity Bus Fatalities 54

 

36

 

58

 

• Large Truck Injuries 130,000 

 

122,000

 

116,000

 

• Large Truck Injury Rate 

 (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled) 

60.5

 

56.6

 

*

 

Sources: NHTSA (fatalities and injuries), FHWA (vehicle miles traveled). *Data not 

available.

DATA QUALITY 2003 2004

ACCURACY 

• Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes 

matched to a carrier 

86%

 

87%

 

• Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections 

matched to a carrier 

96% 

 

97%

 

TIMELINESS 

• Average time to upload a crash to FMCSA 136 days

 

84 days

 

• Average time to upload an inspection to 

FMCSA

26 days

 

15 days

 

COMPLETENESS

• Percentage of fatal crashes reported to 

FMCSA

93%

 

92%

 

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PROGRAM 

OUTPUTS

FY 2003

Total

FY 2004

Total

FY 2005

(Oct-Dec 

2004)

FY 2005

(Jan-Mar 

2005)

FY 2005

(Apr-Jun 

2005)

INCREASING ENFORCEMENT 

• Number of Federal 

Compliance 

Reviews

9,068

 

7,637

 

1,828

 

2,175

 

1,976

 

• Number of State 

Compliance 

Reviews

3,744

 

3,745

 

909

 

1,107

 

1,226

 

• Number of 

enforcement cases 

initiated

5,753

 

5,192

 

1,227

 

1,081

 

1,011

 

 - Unsat/Unfit out-ofservice orders316

 

415

 

130

 

145

 

149

 

• Roadside 

inspections, trucks

2,991,788

 

2,946,630

 

683,601

 

703,740

 

787,469

 

• Roadside 

inspections, buses 

42,377

 

42,790

 

9,422

 

10,078

 

13,957

 

• States participating 

in PRISM

25

 

37

 

37

 

38

 

38

 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

• New Entrant Safety Audits: 

 - Total 7,205

 

25,316

 

7,405

 

8,907

 

8,874**

 

 - Federal 4,119

 

10,013

 

2,852

 

2,973

 

2,440

 

 - State 2,998

 

15,031

 4,482 5,801 5,673

 - Seminar 88 

 272 71

 

133

 

214

 

• ITS-CVO: Number 

of Federal, State, 

 and industry 

attendees at 

briefings

2,703

 

2,205

 

485

 

365

 

145

 

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• Web site visits to 

Analysis and 

 Information (A&I) 

Online 

935,865

 

1,417,701

 

455,573

 

414,096

 

399,669

 

• HM Security 

Sensitivity Visits 

(SSVs)

1,797

 

1,476

 

349

 

436

 

677

 

• Federal/State personnel training: 

 - For Compliance 

Reviews

93

 

93

 

80

 

31

 

27

 

 - For roadside 

inspections

2,790

 

3,586

 

1,031

 

1,173

 

839

 

 - For hazardous 

materials

1,906

 

2,611

 

362

 

605

 

885

 

 - For in-service 199

 

1,332

 

253

 

324

 

588

 

IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

• States participating 

in CVISN 

 (In Planning, 

Design, 

Deployment)

7, 6, 34

 

8, 3, 31

 

8, 2, 32

 

8, 2, 32

 

8, 1, 33

 

• States that have 

completed 

Core Capability 

Deployment

4

 

9

 

9

 

9

 

9

 

RULEMAKINGS (April-June 2005)

• Rules of Practice; RIN 2126-AA15; FMCSA-1997-2299; Final Rule (May 18, 2005). 

• Unified Registration System; RIN 2126-AA22; FMCSA-97-2349; NPRM (May 19, 

2005). 

• Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Protection; RIN 2126-AA88; 

FMCSA-2005-21259 (June 8, 2005). 

**Includes safety audits conducted by contractors.

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