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Data-driven safety systems are vital to informing decisions that improve safety on the Nation’s roads—FMCSA relies on the States for accurate and comprehensive data on eligible crashes and inspections to focus resources to further reduce crashes. We can’t do it without you.

Each month, States are rated on reporting of safety data—this page provides States with a robust resource to view their ratings and measures, and learn how to improve data quality performance.

FMCSA & State users:

Data current as of September 23, 2016

Measures: Inspection VIN Accuracy

95%
INSPECTION VIN
ACCURACY
95% of your State’s evaluated inspection records have a valid VIN for the first vehicle unit. These inspections occurred between 07/01/2015 and 06/30/2016. Your rating is good because your percentage is greater than or equal to 85%. Learn how this rating is calculated.
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Why this matters

Accurate VINs help FMCSA associate inspections to the right vehicle, which can help prioritize carriers or drivers for interventions that pose the greatest safety risk.

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What to do next
Make sure that you understand this measure and your State's rating. Use the following analysis reports to identify and address issues that could be affecting your data quality. Remember, even good ratings often have room for improvement.

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Georgia: Inspection VIN Accuracy
Monthly Results/
MCMIS Run Date		 Event Date Range Rating # Vehicle Units Evaluated (1st unit only) Invalid VIN Valid VIN
# Records % Records # Records % Records
MOST CURRENT DATA RUN
Sep '16
09/23/2016 		07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016 Good - Green Circle 86,040 4,010 5% 82,030 95%
Aug '16
08/26/2016 		06/01/2015 - 05/31/2016 Good - Green Circle 85,444 4,010 5% 81,434 95%
Jul '16
07/22/2016 		05/01/2015 - 04/30/2016 Good - Green Circle 84,139 3,993 5% 80,146 95%
Jun '16
06/24/2016 		04/01/2015 - 03/31/2016 Good - Green Circle 83,466 4,017 5% 79,449 95%
May '16
05/27/2016 		03/01/2015 - 02/29/2016 Good - Green Circle 82,231 3,929 5% 78,302 95%
Apr '16
04/29/2016 		02/01/2015 - 01/31/2016 Good - Green Circle 80,198 3,864 5% 76,334 95%
Mar '16
03/25/2016 		01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015 Good - Green Circle 78,199 3,840 5% 74,359 95%
Feb '16
02/26/2016 		12/01/2014 - 11/30/2015 Good - Green Circle 76,073 3,752 5% 72,321 95%
Jan '16
01/29/2016 		11/01/2014 - 10/31/2015 Good - Green Circle 73,454 3,638 5% 69,816 95%
Dec '15
12/28/2015 		10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015 Good - Green Circle 73,000 3,561 5% 69,439 95%
Nov '15
11/27/2015 		09/01/2014 - 08/31/2015 Good - Green Circle 72,115 3,435 5% 68,680 95%
Oct '15
10/23/2015 		08/01/2014 - 07/31/2015 Good - Green Circle 71,552 3,331 5% 68,221 95%
Sep '15
09/25/2015 		07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015 Good - Green Circle 71,360 3,260 5% 68,100 95%

Good - Green CircleGood

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is >= 85%

Fair - Yellow CircleFair

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is 70 - 84%

Poor - Red CirclePoor

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is < 70%

Good - Green CircleGood

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is >= 85%

Fair - Yellow CircleFair

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is 70 - 84%

Poor - Red CirclePoor

Percentage of completed and accurate VIN is < 70%

Data Source: MCMIS inspection records for 12 months representing interstate and intrastate carriers, and includes large trucks and buses.
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The Inspection Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Accuracy measure evaluates 12 months of data to determine your State’s rating. A record is evaluated if the date of the inspection event—not the date of upload to FMCSA—falls within that 12-month range. As shown below, the range begins 15 months before the evaluation month, but excludes the most recent three months of data. In the example, the January 2015 evaluation looks at the 12-month event date range November 1, 2013, through October 31, 2014; inspections that occurred after October 31, 2014, were not included in the evaluation.

evaluation period

This measure evaluates roadside inspection (Levels 1-6) records representing interstate and intrastate carriers, and includes large trucks and buses. It analyzes the VIN of the first vehicle unit only–all trailing units are excluded. A VIN is invalid if it is less than 17 characters, contains invalid character(s), or does not pass a checksum analysis; for this measure, a VIN that contains the same 17 numbers, such as all 9’s, is considered invalid.

The rating percentage is determined by dividing the number of records with valid VINs by the number of total records evaluated. If the percentage of accurate records is

  • 85% or more, the rating is GOOD
  • Between 70% and 84%, the rating is FAIR
  • Less than 70%, the rating is POOR.
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