Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of March 31, 2007)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2004 2005 2006 

● Large Truck and Bus Fatality Rate (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.186 0.184 ** 

● Total Fatalities (Large Trucks and Buses) 5,519 5,510 ** 

 Large Truck Fatalities 5,235 5,212 ** 

 Single-Unit Truck Fatalities 1,390 1,381 ** 

 Combination-Unit Truck Fatalities 3,949 3,920 ** 

 Bus Fatalities 315 335 ** 

● 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 ** 

 Large Truck Injuries 116,000 114,000 ** 

 Bus Injuries 29,000 23,000 ** 

● 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% 93% 

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

TIMELINESS

● Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days 69% 81% 89% 

● Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days 80% 81% 87% 

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-Mar 2007) PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 7,978 4,597 9,721 5,461 5,495 2,875 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,689 617 1,945 804 1,010 419 

 Household Goods Reviews 373 8 558 6 226 8 

 Motor Coach Reviews 340 117 504 142 555 95 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,539 1,014 2,699 1,060 1,228 370 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 

 Percent Completed on Time 

11,734 

93% 

22,681 

95% 

10,187 

91% 

29,294 

97% 

3,103 

98% 

16,288 

98% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 101,151 2,858,039 99,390 3,052,424 46,478 1,463,580 

 HM Trucks 5,612 175,360 4,487 187,170 2,068 94,048 

● Buses 6,669 49,360 23,018 102,991 12,604 44,761 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 46,383 164,953 48,146 189,459 30,891 98,150 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 297 736 526 542 1,332 337 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 314 53,341 368 56,444 117 28,435 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 46,366 112,348 48,304 133,557 32,106 70,052 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 4,328 5,080 3,110 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 518 494 357 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 891 734 420 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 2,920,998 2,152,062 3,092,744 2,272,264 1,492,744 1,051,579 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 35,519 43,240 52,463 104,647 28,135 44,508 

● Truck OOS Rate 6.6% 23.6% 7.0% 23.7% 7.0% 22.7% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.6% 9.4% 4.0% 9.0% 3.0% 8.0% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 7,720 9,184 2,455 

● Security Contact Reviews** 1,268 2,182 1,054 

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