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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2006)

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SAFETY OUTCOMES
2003
2004
2005
• Large Truck Fatalities
5,036
 
5,190
 
5,226*
 
• Large Truck Fatality Rate
  (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
2.3
 
2.3
 
2.3*
 
• Intercity Bus Fatalities
36
 
58
 
**
 
• Large Truck Injuries
122,000
 
116,000
 
107,000*
 
• Large Truck Injury Rate
  (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
56.0
 
51.3
 
**
 
Sources: NHTSA (fatalities and injuries),
FHWA (truck vehicle miles traveled).
*Preliminary.
**Data not available.

 

DATA QUALITY
2004
2005
ACCURACY
• Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes
  matched to a carrier
87%
 
88%
 
• Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections
  matched to a carrier
97%
 
98%
 
TIMELINESS
• Average time to upload a crash
  to FMCSA
86 days
 
62 days
 
• Average time to upload an inspection
  to FMCSA
15 days
 
15 days
 
COMPLETENESS
• Percentage of fatal crashes reported
  to FMCSA
92%
 
**
 
**Data not available.

 

PROGRAM OUTPUTS
FY 2004
Total
FY 2005
Total
FY 2006
(Oct-Dec 2005)
FY 2006
(Jan-Mar 2006)
INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
• Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
7,641
 
8,003
 
1,854
 
2,310
 
• Number of State Compliance Reviews
3,745
 
4,593
 
1,088
 
1,347
 
• Number of enforcement cases initiated
5,192
 
4,427
 
904
 
1,412
 
 - Unsat/Unfit out-of-service orders
415
 
596
 
103
 
119
 
• Roadside inspections, trucks
2,949,558
 
2,953,105
 
689,640
 
773,573
 
• Roadside inspections, buses
42,867
 
48,654
 
12,244
 
21,224
 
• States participating in PRISM
37
 
42
 
42
 
42
 
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
• New Entrant Safety Audits:
 - Total
25,316
 
34,121
 
7,958
 
10,696
 
 - Federal
10,013
 
10,065
 
1,459
 
789
 
 - State
15,031
 
22,091
 
6,126
 
7,940
 
 - Contractor
**
 
1,398
 
247
 
1,834
 
 - Group Seminars/Audits
272
 
567
 
126
 
133
 
• ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State,
  and industry attendees at briefings
2,205
 
1,235
 
175
 
225
 
• Web site visits to Analysis and
  Information (A&I) Online
1,417,701
 
1,674,741
 
415,600
 
592,288
 
• Security Contact Reviews (SCRs)
1,458
 
1,818
 
297
 
334
 
• Federal/State personnel training:
 - For Compliance Reviews
93
 
176
 
55
 
16
 
 - For roadside inspections
3,586
 
3,793
 
995
 
1,072
 
 - For hazardous materials
2,611
 
2,149
 
387
 
370
 
 - For in-service
1,332
 
1,910
 
121
 
105
 
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
• States participating in CVISN
  (in Planning, Design, Deployment)
8, 3, 31
 
8, 1, 33
 
8, 1, 30
 
8, 1, 30
 
• States that have completed
  Core CVISN Capability Deployment
9
 
9
 
12
 
12
 
RULEMAKINGS (January-March 2006)

Commercial Driver's License Standards; School Bus Endorsement; RIN 2126-AA94;
  FMCSA-2005-21603; Final Rule (January 18, 2006).
Commercial Driver Instruction Permits; Withdrawal; RIN 2126-AA03; FMCSA-1997-2181;
  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Withdrawal (February 23, 2006).
Qualifications of Drivers; Diabetes Standard; RIN 2126-AA95; FMCSA-2005-23151;
  Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (March 17, 2006).

**Data not available. FMCSA began collecting data on
safety audits by contractors in FY 2005.

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