Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of December 31, 2008)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2006 2007 2008 

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

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

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

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

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

 Fatalities Involving Buses  337 322**  *** 

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

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

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

 Injuries Involving Buses 21,000 24,000 *** 

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

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

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

*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality rate = [(Number of fatalities involving large trucks and buses / 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 2006 2007 2008

ACCURACY

● Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier 92% 94% 96% 

● Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier 98% 98% 99% 

TIMELINESS

● Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days 86% 86% 88% 

● Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days 91% 92% 94% 

COMPLETENESS

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

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

● Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data (initiated 10/07) * 69% 84% 

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

FY 2007 Total FY 2008 Total* FY 2009 (Oct-Dec 2008) 

PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 10,256 5,859 9,639 5,976 2,413 1,474 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,973 808 1,835 938 413 256 

 Household Goods Reviews 489 9 608 21 51 1 

 Motor Coach Reviews 1,041 192 1,039 266 294 34 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,634 784 2,301 781 494 140 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 

 Percent Completed on Time 

5,706 

95% 

32,620 

98% 

3,995 

96% 

33,382 

98% 

1,012 

91% 

8,564 

98% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 92,900 3,135,368 102,709 3,232,170 27,247 737,154 

 HM Trucks 4,453 194,668 4,464 195,263 987 46,176 

● Buses 21,644 126,223 16,375 133,106 3,859 20,744 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled**) 53,003 195,483 63,608 211,032 20,972 45,841 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) 1,434 664 2,600 700 366 118 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 260 50,024 315 63,266 14 10,492 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled**) 54,177 146,123 65,893 148,466 21,324 35,467 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 5,905 6,087 1,510 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 774 1,015 307 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,045 1,150 297 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,172,923 2,263,702 3,286,303 2,268,889 757,225 498,788 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 54,854 125,926 51,284 130,794 11,457 20,857 

● Truck OOS Rate 6.9% 23.2% 6.6% 23.2% 6.1% 22.2% 

● Bus OOS Rate 3.7% 7.9% 4.8% 7.7% 3.9% 7.2% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 7,815 6,877 859 

● Security Contact Reviews*** 2,065 1,795 149 

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