Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of December 31, 2006)

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]. **Preliminary. ***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-Dec 2006) PROGRAM OUTPUTS 

Federal State Federal State Federal State 

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) 

● Total Number of CRs 7,978 4,597 9,718 5,459 2,590 1,340 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,689 617 1,944 803 442 200 

 Household Goods Reviews 373 8 558 6 114 7 

 Motor Coach Reviews 340 117 504 142 277 49 

● Conditional Carrier Reviews 2,543 1,014 2,694 1,057 533 170 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits 

 Percent Completed on Time 

11,734 

93% 

22,680 

95% 

10,187 

91% 

29,273 

97% 

1,600 

99% 

7,546 

98% 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

● Trucks 101,282 2,865,578 99,477 3,051,554 22,877 696,343 

 HM Trucks 5,613 175,641 4,482 187,046 1,000 43,031 

● Buses 6,669 49,415 23,002 102,070 7,170 19,986 

● At U.S. Borders 

 Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 46,405 165,493 48,143 189,682 14,854 46,392 

 Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) 297 737 525 543 727 188 

 Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) 316 53,610 369 56,546 108 13,282 

 Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) 46,386 112,620 48,299 133,679 15,473 33,298 

● Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued 4,328 5,085 1,473 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 518 493 180 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 891 728 182 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 2,928,612 2,156,648 3,093,867 2,269,835 711,564 510,679 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 35,574 43,287 52,508 103,711 15,057 21,030 

● Truck OOS Rate 6.6% 23.6% 7.0% 23.7% 7.1% 22.9% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.6% 9.4% 4.0% 9.0% 3.3% 8.4% 

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 7,720 9,184 933 

● HM Incidents Involving Commercial Vehicles 13,432 15,960 783 

● Security Contact Reviews** 1,268 2,182 441 

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