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Motor Carrier Census Data	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011^†
Summary Statistics for U.S. DOT Active Motor Carriers
Active Carriers with U.S. DOT Number	727,490	731,473	744,809	759,099	764,054
Power Units	4,895,986	4,871,194	4,598,931	4,760,146	4,844,411
Commercial Drivers	5,679,604	5,071,496	4,777,381	4,905,590	4,981,503
Carriers with OP-2 Authority	6,879	7,380	7,672	8,030	8,474
Power Units	28,597	29,195	29,604	30,480	31,257
Commercial Drivers	25,526	26,312	26,820	27,544	28,826

Roadside Inspections	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011^†
Summary Statistics
Inspections	3,417,381	3,481,392	3,551,254	3,600,598	3,394,682
Driver Inspections	3,267,317	3,334,962	3,454,738	3,497,725	3,283,764
Driver OOS Rate*	6.8%	6.4%	5.5%	5.2%	5.0%
Vehicle Inspections	2,387,919	2,385,769	2,362,154	2,431,565	2,286,385
Vehicle OOS Rate*	22.3%	22.2%	21.2%	19.8%	20.4%
HM Inspections	197,026	200,495	218,348	207,275	191,811
HM OOS Rate*	5.1%	5.0%	4.5%	4.3%	3.9%
CVSA Decals	677,330	650,904	649,324	674,145	654,320
Compliance Reviews
Compliance Reviews	15,732	15,967	16,738	14,853	9,697
Satisfactory	9,560	9,612	10,513	8,950	4,170
Conditional	3,814	4,055	4,001	3,594	2,893
Unsatisfactory	736	630	462	352	282
Not Rated	1,622	1,670	1,762	1,957	2,352
Traffic Enforcements
Moving Violations	298,426	275,073	264,591	226,274	87,533
Drug and Alcohol	2,478	2,198	1,869	1,542	1,352
Railroad Crossing	424	421	376	376	392
Miscellaneous	655,075	674,804	633,161	529,317	562,565
Commercial Motor Vehicles Crashes
Number of Commercial Motor Vehicles involved in:
Crashes	155,602	142,100	119,249	129,753	111,744
Fatal Crashes	4,956	4,358	3,498	3,740	3,090
Non-Fatal Crashes	150,646	137,742	115,751	126,013	108,654
Injury Crashes	62,775	56,886	47,912	51,945	44,123
Towaway Crashes	87,871	80,856	67,839	74,068	64,531
Number of:
Fatalities	5,257	4,659	3,716	3,972	3,271
Injuries	92,458	84,914	72,421	77,522	65,879

Data Source: FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) December 16, 2011 snapshot. In addition, the following MCMIS census file snapshots were used for cross-referencing carrier information: December 21, 2007, December 19, 2008, December 18, 2009, December 17, 2010 and December 16, 2011.

*Driver OOS rate is based on inspection levels I, II, III and VI.
Vehicle OOS rate is based on inspection levels I, II, V and VI.
HM OOS rate is based on inspection levels I, II, III and VI when HM is present.
^†2011 data, as of December 16, 2011

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