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The mission of FMCSA's Research Division is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle (CMV)-involved crashes and enhance the safety and efficiency of CMV operations by:

  • Conducting systematic studies directed toward fuller scientific discovery, knowledge, or understanding
  • Adopting, testing, and deploying innovative driver, carrier, vehicle, and roadside best practices and technologies
  • By expanding the knowledge and portfolio of deployable technologies and innovations, the Research Division will help FMCSA reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities and will deliver a program that contributes to a safe and secure commercial transportation system.

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02/2007 Effective Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Management Techniques  (PDF - 59 KB) Tech Brief
05/2000 Effects of Sleep Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Performance • Highlights (1) • Executive Summary (2)   (PDF - 31 KB) Report
02/2007 Highway/Heavy Vehicle Interaction:A Synthesis of Safety Practice  (PDF - 128 KB) Tech Brief
01/2006 Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Analysis Series: Using LTCCS Data for Statistical Analyses of Crash Risk Study
09/1999 Longer Combination Vehicles Involved in Fatal Crashes, 1991-1996  (PDF - 91 KB) Analysis Brief
10/2000 Motor Carrier Drug and Alcohol Violations  (PDF - 78 KB) Analysis Brief
03/1999 New Entrant Safety Research  (PDF - 97 KB) Analysis Brief
02/2008 Onboard Monitoring and Reporting for Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Final Report  (PDF - 3.8 MB) Report
02/2008 Onboard Monitoring and Reporting for Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety  (PDF - 164 KB) Tech Brief
06/2006 Operational Differences and Similarities among the Motorcoach, School Bus, and Trucking Industries  (PDF - 167 KB) Tech Brief
 

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