SAFETY OUTCOMES | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total vehicle miles traveled [VMT])* | 0.177 | 0.168** | *** |
Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 5,347 | 5,099** | *** |
Fatalities Involving Large Trucks | 5,027 | 4,808** | *** |
Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks | 1,339 | 1,297** | *** |
Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks | 3,776 | 3,621** | *** |
Fatalities Involving Buses**** | 337 | 322** | *** |
Rate of Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT) | 4.17 | 4.09** | *** |
Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 126,000 | 124,000 | *** |
Injuries Involving Large Trucks | 106,000 | 101,000 | *** |
Injuries Involving Buses | 21,000 | 24,000 | *** |
Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) | 3,014,371 | 3,029,822** | *** |
Large Truck VMT | 222,513 | 226,963** | *** |
Bus VMT | 6,783 | 6,976** | *** |
*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality Rate = [(Number of fatalities involving large trucks and buses / Total VMT) x 100].
**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: Fatalities and Injuries - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Vehicle Miles Traveled - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
| DATA QUALITY | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCURACY | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported crashes matched to a carrier | 92% | 94% | 96% |
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported inspections matched to a carrier | 98% | 98% | 99% |
| TIMELINESS | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days | 86% | 86% | 88% |
| Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days | 91% | 92% | 94% |
| COMPLETENESS | |||
| Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA | 99% | 100% | 100% |
| Percentage of nonfatal crashes reported to FMCSA (initiated 10/07) | * | 86% | 86% |
| Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data (initiated 10/07) | * | 69% | 84% |
Sources: State-reported crash data - Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS); fatal crash data - NHTSA. For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality.
*Data not available.
PROGRAM OUTPUTS | FY 2007 Total | FY 2008 Total* | FY 2009 (Oct 2008-Mar 2009) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal | State | Federal | State | Federal | State | |
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) | ||||||
Total Number of CRs | 10,256 | 5,859 | 9,642 | 5,980 | 5,287 | 3,194 |
Hazardous Materials (HM) Reviews | 1,973 | 808 | 1,835 | 938 | 1,004 | 551 |
Household Goods Reviews | 489 | 9 | 608 | 21 | 128 | 5 |
Motorcoach Reviews | 1,041 | 192 | 1,039 | 267 | 483 | 64 |
Conditional Carrier Reviews | 2,634 | 784 | 2,302 | 783 | 1,271 | 340 |
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS | ||||||
Total New Entrant Safety Audits Percent Completed on Time | 5,706 95% | 32,620 98% | 3,996 96% | 33,393 98% | 2,090 93% | 17,528 99% |
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | ||||||
Trucks | 92,900 | 3,135,368 | 102,713 | 3,233,368 | 54,688 | 1,540,132 |
HM Trucks | 4,453 | 194,668 | 4,464 | 195,338 | 2,068 | 103,097 |
Buses | 21,644 | 126,223 | 16,375 | 133,176 | 7,732 | 37,947 |
At U.S. Borders** | ||||||
Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled***) | 63,898 | 212,083 | 74,373 | 208,517 | 42,345 | 95,271 |
Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) | 2,647 | 740 | 1,771 | 599 | 739 | 225 |
Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) | 321 | 63,833 | 250 | 63,759 | 37 | 23,758 |
Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled***) | 66,224 | 148,990 | 75,894 | 145,357 | 43,047 | 71,738 |
Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued | 5,905 | 6,084 | 3,348 | |||
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 774 | 1,015 | 605 | |||
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,045 | 1,152 | 677 | |||
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle |
Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,172,923 | 2,263,702 | 3,287,340 | 2,269,612 | 1,579,674 | 1,037,372 |
Total Number of Bus Inspections | 54,854 | 125,926 | 51,325 | 130,824 | 23,259 | 37,705 |
Truck OOS Rate | 6.9% | 23.2% | 6.6% | 23.2% | 5.8% | 21.8% |
Bus OOS Rate | 3.7% | 7.9% | 4.8% | 7.6% | 3.9% | 7.2% |
IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS | ||||||
HM Package Inspections | 7,815 | 6,894 | 2,533 | |||
Security Contact Reviews | 2,065 | 1,796 | 239 | |||
*Preliminary.
**Counts now based on Census vs. inspection address.
***Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only.
***Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only.