SAFETY OUTCOMES | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total vehicle miles traveled [VMT])* | 0.185 | 0.177 | 0.168** |
Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 5,539 | 5,347 | 5,099** |
Fatalities Involving Large Trucks | 5,240 | 5,027 | 4,808** |
Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks | 1,398 | 1,339 | 1,297** |
Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks | 3,932 | 3,776 | 3,621** |
Fatalities Involving Buses*** | 340 | 337 | 322** |
Rate of Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT) | 4.56 | 4.17 | 4.09** |
Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 136,000 | 126,000 | 124,000 |
Injuries Involving Large Trucks | 114,000 | 106,000 | 101,000 |
Injuries Involving Buses | 23,000 | 21,000 | 24,000 |
Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) | 2,989,430 | 3,014,371 | 3,029,822** |
Large Truck VMT | 222,523 | 222,513 | 226,963** |
Bus VMT | 6,980 | 6,783 | 6,976** |
*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality Rate = [(Number of fatalities involving large trucks and buses / Total VMT) x 100].
**Preliminary.
***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 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCURACY | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported crashes matched to a carrier | 88% | 92% | 94% |
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported inspections matched to a carrier | 97% | 98% | 98% |
| TIMELINESS | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days | 81% | 86% | 86% |
| Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days | 81% | 91% | 92% |
| COMPLETENESS | |||
| Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA | 99% | 99% | 100% |
| Percentage of nonfatal crashes reported to FMCSA (initiated 10/07) | * | * | 86% |
| Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data (initiated 10/07) | * | * | 69% |
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 2006 Total | FY 2007 Total | FY 2008 Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal | State | Federal | State | Federal | State | |
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) | ||||||
Total Number of CRs | 9,722 | 5,463 | 10,256 | 5,859 | 9,633 | 5,976 |
Hazardous Materials (HM) Reviews | 1,946 | 804 | 1,973 | 808 | 1,834 | 938 |
Household Goods Reviews | 563 | 6 | 489 | 9 | 607 | 21 |
Motorcoach Reviews | 504 | 142 | 1,041 | 192 | 1,040 | 266 |
Conditional Carrier Reviews | 2,687 | 1,058 | 2,634 | 784 | 2,300 | 781 |
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS | ||||||
Total New Entrant Safety Audits Percent Completed on Time | 10,187 91% | 29,301 97% | 5,706 95% | 32,620 98% | 3,989 96% | 33,363 98% |
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | ||||||
Trucks | 99,363 | 3,053,716 | 92,900 | 3,135,368 | 102,256 | 3,218,498 |
HM Trucks | 4,481 | 187,198 | 4,453 | 194,668 | 4,427 | 194,356 |
Buses | 23,020 | 103,606 | 21,644 | 126,223 | 16,160 | 132,398 |
At U.S. Borders | ||||||
Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled*) | 48,137 | 189,489 | 53,003 | 195,483 | 53,251 | 190,849 |
Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled) | 527 | 542 | 1,434 | 664 | 224 | 550 |
Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) | 368 | 56,440 | 260 | 50,024 | 169 | 49,727 |
Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled*) | 48,296 | 133,591 | 54,177 | 146,123 | 53,306 | 141,672 |
Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued | 5,079 | 5,905 | 6,095 | |||
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 494 | 774 | 1,015 | |||
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 733 | 1,045 | 1,122 | |||
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle |
Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,093,996 | 2,273,467 | 3,172,923 | 2,263,702 | 3,273,232 | 2,257,487 |
Total Number of Bus Inspections | 52,959 | 105,257 | 54,854 | 125,926 | 51,008 | 130,030 |
Truck OOS Rate | 7.0% | 23.7% | 6.9% | 23.2% | 6.6% | 23.2% |
Bus OOS Rate | 4.0% | 9.0% | 3.7% | 7.9% | 4.8% | 7.7% |
IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS | ||||||
HM Package Inspections | 9,349 | 7,815 | 6,803 | |||
Security Contact Reviews** | 2,187 | 2,065 | 1,794 | |||
*Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only.
**These counts no longer include Security Sensitivity Visits.