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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2008)

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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (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);             *Data not available.
  NHTSA (fatal crash data).
For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality.

PROGRAM OUTPUTS FY 2006
Total
FY 2007
Total
FY 2008
(Oct 2007-Mar 2008)
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
  (Percent Completed
  on Time)
10,187
(91%)
29,301
(97%)
5,705
(96%)
32,607
(99%)
1,521
(98%)
16,414
(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
733 1,048 552
DRIVER/VEHICLE
INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle
• Total Number of
  Truck Inspections
3,093,996 2,273,467 3,171,561 2,262,548 1,557,703 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 4.0% 9.0% 3.8% 7.9% 4.9% 7.5%
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
• HM Package
  Inspections
9,349 7,815 2,302
• 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.

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