Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

(as of June 30, 2008) 

SAFETY OUTCOMES 2005 2006 2007 

● Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT)* 0.185 0.177** *** 

● Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses 5,539 5,347 5,099** 

Fatalities Involving Large Trucks 5,240 5,027 4,808** 

Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks 1,398 1,339 1,297** 

Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks 3,932 3,776 3,621** 

Fatalities Involving Buses  340 337 322**  

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

● Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses 136,000 126,000 124,000 

Injuries Involving Large Trucks 114,000 106,000 101,000 

Injuries Involving Buses 23,000 21,000 24,000 

● 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. 

PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

FY 2006 Total 

Federal State 

FY 2007 Total 

Federal State 

FY 2008 (Oct 2007-Jun 2008) 

Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 9,722 5,463 10,256 5,859 7,002 4,420 

Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,946 804 1,973 808 1,400 716 

Household Goods Reviews 563 6 489 9 552 17 

Motor Coach Reviews 504 142 1,041 192 408 165 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,687 1,058 2,634 784 1,734 600 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS 

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 10,187 29,301 5,706 32,619 2,892 24,903 

Percent Completed on Time 91% 97% 95% 98% 97% 98% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS 

● Trucks 99,363 3,053,716 92,900 3,135,408 76,634 2,395,648 

HM Trucks 4,481 187,198 4,453 194,669 3,401 146,708 

● Buses 23,020 103,606 21,644 126,214 12,479 80,025 

● At U.S. Borders 

Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 48,137 189,489 53,003 195,503 40,004 144,515 

Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) 527 542 1,434 664 172 401 

Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 368 56,440 260 50,045 115 36,101 

Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 48,296 133,591 54,177 146,122 40,061 108,815 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 5,079 5,904 4,540 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 494 774 772 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 733 1,045 834 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,093,996 2,273,467 3,172,962 2,263,693 2,438,744 1,683,574 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 52,959 105,257 54,855 125,917 37,074 78,565 

● Truck OOS Rate 7.0% 23.7% 6.9% 23.2% 6.6% 22.9% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.0% 9.0% 3.7% 7.9% 4.8% 7.6% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS 

● HM Package Inspections 9,349 7,815 4,102 

● Security Contact Reviews** 2,187 2,065 1,330 

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