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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2008)
• 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].
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**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). |
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% |
PROGRAM OUTPUTS |
FY 2006
Total |
FY 2007
Total |
FY 2008
(Oct 2007-Jun 2008) |
Federal |
State |
Federal |
State |
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
(Percent Completed
on Time) |
10,187
(91%) |
29,301
(97%) |
5,706
(95%) |
32,619
(98%) |
2,892
(97%) |
24,903
(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 |
• 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. |
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