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Safety Programs and Program Effectiveness
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Safety Programs
On January 1, 2000, the U.S. Congress established the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), whose mission is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. This area of the website provides information on three of the safety programs established by FMCSA to support this mission.
The three programs covered by this area include reviews, roadside inspections of commercial vehicles and drivers, and traffic enforcement stops of CMVs operating in an unsafe manner. Each program is implemented in conjunction with the states and devoted to improving motor carrier safety by reducing the number and severity of crashes involving large trucks and buses.
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Program Effectiveness
The objective of the FMCSA's Program Effectiveness research is to measure the effectiveness of the FMCSA Safety Programs. The Compliance Review Effectiveness Model and the Intervention Model provide estimates of the beneficial impact of these programs on reducing crashes resulting in lives saved and injuries avoided. The Resource Allocation model utilizes the results of these two models to analyze the allocation of state resources.
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Summary of Safety Program Activity
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Click on any state to view the activity at the state level or the small map of the nation at the upper right for national figures.
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| Activity by Type (National) | FY 2012 |
| Total | OOS Rate |
| Reviews |
| Total Reviews | 20,218 | |
| Total Security Contact Reviews | 721 | |
| Safety Audits |
| Number of Safety Audits | 34,606 | |
| Roadside Inspections |
| Driver Inspections* | 3,461,991 | 4.91% |
| Vehicle Inspections** | 2,440,641 | 20.19% |
| Hazmat Inspections*** | 204,286 | 3.76% |
| Traffic Enforcement Inspections |
| Driver Inspections* | 499,228 | 8.29% |
| Vehicle Inspections** | 270,720 | 27.81% |
| Hazmat Inspections*** | 15,340 | 8.52% |
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A variety of historical and annual reports are available for each of these programs by using the links on the navigation panel to the left.
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* Driver Inspections were computed based on inspections level I, II, III, and VI.
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** Vehicle Inspections were computed based on inspections level I, II, V, and VI.
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*** Hazmat Inspections were computed based on inspections level I, II, III, IV, V, and VI when HM is present.
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Data Source: FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) data snapshot as of 1/25/2013. The data presented above are accurate as of this date, but are subject to update as new or additional information may be reported to MCMIS following the snapshot date.
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