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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 6/30/06)

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SAFETY OUTCOMES
2003
2004
2005
• Large Truck Fatalities
5,036
 
5,235
 
5,212*
 
• Large Truck Fatality Rate
(per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
2.3
 
2.3
 
2.3*
 
• Intercity Bus Fatalities
36
 
57
 
70*
 
• Large Truck Injuries
122,000
 
116,000
 
114,000*
 
• Large Truck Injury Rate
(per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
56.0
 
51.3
 
50.2*
 
Sources: NHTSA (fatalities and injuries),
FHWA (truck vehicle miles traveled).
*Preliminary.

 

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%
 
97%
 
TIMELINESS
• Average time to upload a crash
to FMCSA
89 days
 
64 days
 
• Average time to upload an inspection
to FMCSA
15 days
 
13 days
 
COMPLETENESS
• Percentage of fatal crashes reported
to FMCSA
99%
 
**
 
**Data not available.

 

PROGRAM OUTPUTS
FY 2004
Total
FY 2005
Total
FY 2006 Year-to-Date
(Oct 2005 - June 2006)
INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
• Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
7,637
 
7,972
 
7,079
 
• Number of State Compliance Reviews
3,745
 
4,596
 
3,906
 
• Number of enforcement cases initiated
5,192
 
5,476
 
4,563
 
 – Unsat/Unfit out-of-service orders
415
 
518
 
351
 
• Roadside inspections, trucks
2,949,558
 
2,966,689
 
2,309,258
 
• Roadside inspections, buses
42,867
 
56,078
 
71,464
 
• States participating in PRISM
37
 
42
 
43
 
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
• New Entrant Safety Audits:
 – Total
25,316
 
34,403
 
28,761
 
 – Federal
10,013
 
10,095
 
2,852
 
 – State
15,031
 
22,343
 
21,035
 
 – Contractor
**
 
1,398
 
4,536
 
 – Group Seminars/Audits
272
 
567
 
338
 
• ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State,
and industry attendees at briefings
2,205
 
1,235
 
1,385
 
• Web site visits to Analysis and
Information (A&I) Online
1,417,701
 
1,674,741
 
1,391,338
 
• Security Contact Reviews (SCRs)*
238
 
1,267
 
1,694
 
• Federal/State personnel training:
 – For Compliance Reviews
93
 
176
 
153
 
 – For roadside inspections
3,586
 
3,793
 
2,737
 
 – For hazardous materials
2,611
 
2,149
 
1,452
 
 – For in-service
1,332
 
1,910
 
226
 
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
• States participating in CVISN
(in Planning, Design, Deployment)
8, 3, 31
 
8, 1, 33
 
8, 1, 28
 
• States that have completed
Core CVISN Capability Deployment
9
 
9
 
14
 
RULEMAKINGS (April-June 2006)

• Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Protection Against Shifting
and Falling Cargo; RIN 2126-AA88; FMCSA-2006-2159; Final Rule (June 22, 2006).

*These counts no longer include Security Sensitivity Visits.
**Data not available. FMCSA began collecting data on
safety audits by contractors in FY 2005.

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