Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of June 30, 2007)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2004 2005 2006 

● Large Truck and Bus Fatality Rate (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.186 0.185 ** 

● Total Fatalities (Large Trucks and Buses) 5,519 5,539 5,309 

 Large Truck Fatalities 5,235 5,240 4,995 

 Single-Unit Truck Fatalities 1,390 1,398 1,321

 Combination-Unit Truck Fatalities 3,949 3,932 3,761

 Bus Fatalities 315 340 331 

● Large Truck and Bus Injury Rate (per 100 million total VMT) 4.89 4.55 ** 

● Total Injuries (Large Trucks and Buses) 145,000 136,000 126,000 

 Large Truck Injuries 116,000 114,000 106,000 

 Bus Injuries 29,000 23,000 21,000 

● Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) 2,964,788 2,989,807 ** 

 Large Truck VMT 220,811 222,836 ** 

 Bus VMT 6,801 6,646 **

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

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 2004 2005 2006

ACCURACY

● Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier 87% 88% 92% 

● Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier 96% 97% 98% 

TIMELINESS

● Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days 69% 81% 87% 

● Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days 80% 81% 90% 

COMPLETENESS

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

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

FY 2005 Total FY 2006 Total FY 2007 (Oct 2006-Jun 2007) PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 7,978 4,597 9,723 5,462 8,074 4,330 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,689 617 1,946 804 1,533 604 

 Household Goods Reviews 373 8 559 6 355 9 

 Motor Coach Reviews 340 117 504 142 887 156 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,548 1,011 2,694 1,060 1,859 567 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 11,734 22,681 10,187 29,298 4,608 24,245 

 Percent Completed on Time 93% 95% 91% 97% 96% 99% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 101,122 2,857,746 99,369 3,052,401 72,210 2,293,643

 HM Trucks 5,603 175,290 4,481 187,128 3,442 145,163 

● Buses 6,669 49,360 23,021 103,037 17,957 77,231

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 46,382 164,951 48,146 189,454 42,743 157,385 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 297 736 527 542 1,392 545 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 314 53,341 368 56,442 264 48,674 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 46,365 112,346 48,305 133,554 43,871 109,256 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 4,328 5,080 4,620 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 517 494 606 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 891 733 736 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 2,920,683 2,151,739 3,092,718 2,272,177 2,330,645 1,667,147 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 35,519 43,240 52,464 104,695 43,122 77,677 

● Truck OOS Rate 6.6% 23.6% 7.0% 23.7% 6.9% 23.1% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.5% 9.4% 4.0% 9.0% 3.3% 8.1% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 7,720 9,184 6,741 

● Security Contact Reviews** 1,268 2,187 1,606 

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