Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of March 31, 2008)

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2005 2006 2007 

● Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.185 0.176** *** 

● Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses 5,539 5,309** *** 

 Fatalities Involving Large Trucks 5,240 4,995** *** 

 Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks 1,398 1,321** *** 

 Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks 3,932 3,761** *** 

 Fatalities Involving Buses  340 331**  *** 

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

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

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

 Injuries Involving Buses 23,000 21,000** *** 

● Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) 2,989,430 3,014,116** *** 

 Large Truck VMT 222,523 223,037** *** 

 Bus VMT 6,980 6,994** *** 

*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 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 (Oct 2007-Mar 2008) PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 9,722 5,463 10,244 5,858 4,654 3,016 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,946 804 1,969 808 919 492 

 Household Goods Reviews 563 6 489 9 176 4 

 Motor Coach Reviews 504 142 1,041 192 295 127 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,687 1,058 2,635 770 1,191 409 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 10,187 29,301 5,705 32,607 1,521 16,414 

 Percent Completed on Time 91% 97% 96% 99% 98% 99% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 99,363 3,053,716 92,889 3,133,888 49,015 1,525,385 

 HM Trucks 4,481 187,198 4,451 194,614 2,104 95,721 

● Buses 23,020 103,606 21,643 126,043 8,391 43,744 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 48,137 189,489 52,999 195,497 27,152 94,250 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) 527 542 1,435 656 115 263 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 368 56,440 260 50,043 35 23,829 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 48,296 133,591 54,174 146,110 27,232 70,684 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 5,079 5,904 2,905 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 494 774 501 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 

DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 

Driver 

3,093,996 

733 

Vehicle Driver 

2,273,467 3,171,561 

1,048 

Vehicle Driver 

2,262,548 1,557,703 

552 

Vehicle 

1,053,715 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 52,959 105,257 54,856 125,646 23,720 43,029 

● Truck OOS Rate 7.0% 23.7% 6.9% 23.2% 6.6% 22.4% 

● Bus OOS Rate 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 

4.0% 9.0% 3.8% 

9,349 7,815 

7.9% 4.9% 

2,302 

7.5% 

● Security Contact Reviews** 2,187 2,062 858 

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