SAFETY OUTCOMES | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total vehicle miles traveled [VMT])* | 0.177 | 0.169 | 0.152** |
Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 5,347 | 5,116 | 4,525** |
Fatalities Involving Large Trucks | 5,027 | 4,822 | 4,229** |
Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks | 1,339 | 1,300 | 1,159** |
Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks | 3,776 | 3,633 | 3,151** |
Fatalities Involving Buses*** | 337 | 325 | 307** |
Rate of Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT) | 4.17 | 4.09 | 3.82 |
Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses | 126,000 | 124,000 | 113,000 |
Injuries Involving Large Trucks | 106,000 | 101,000 | 90,000 |
Injuries Involving Buses | 21,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) | 3,014,371 | 3,032,399 | 2,973,509** |
Large Truck VMT | 222,513 | 227,060 | 227,458** |
Bus VMT | 6,783 | 6,980 | 7,114** |
*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 | 2007 | 2008 | Jul 08-Jun 09 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCURACY | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported crashes matched to a carrier | 94% | 96% | 96% |
| Percentage of FMCSA-reported inspections matched to a carrier | 98% | 99% | 99% |
| TIMELINESS | |||
| Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days | 86% | 88% | 89% |
| Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days | 92% | 94% | 94% |
| COMPLETENESS | |||
| Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Percentage of nonfatal crashes reported to FMCSA | 86% | 86% | 83% |
| Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data | 69% | 84% | 92% |
Sources: State-reported crash data - Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS); fatal crash data - NHTSA. For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality.
PROGRAM OUTPUTS | FY 2007 Total | FY 2008 Total* | FY 2009 Total* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal | State | Federal | State | Federal | State | |
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) | ||||||
Total Number of CRs | 10,256 | 5,859 | 9,645 | 5,980 | 10,285 | 6,632 |
Hazardous Materials (HM) Reviews | 1,973 | 808 | 1,835 | 938 | 2,081 | 1,217 |
Household Goods Reviews | 489 | 9 | 608 | 21 | 557 | 9 |
Motorcoach Reviews | 1,041 | 192 | 1,040 | 267 | 1,089 | 197 |
Conditional Carrier Reviews | 2,634 | 784 | 2,304 | 782 | 2,444 | 757 |
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS | ||||||
Total New Entrant Safety Audits Percent Completed on Time | 5,706 95% | 32,620 98% | 3,997 95% | 33,401 98% | 3,377 95% | 34,452 99% |
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | ||||||
Trucks | 92,900 | 3,135,368 | 102,725 | 3,234,331 | 110,131 | 3,303,260 |
HM Trucks | 4,453 | 194,668 | 4,467 | 195,360 | 4,612 | 216,853 |
Buses** | 21,644 | 126,223 | 16,375 | 133,269 | 16,395 | 81,357 |
At U.S. Borders (counts based on Census data) | ||||||
Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled***) | 63,898 | 212,083 | 74,398 | 208,503 | 80,918 | 206,058 |
Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled***) | 2,647 | 740 | 1,771 | 599 | 1,571 | 527 |
Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) | 321 | 63,833 | 250 | 63,766 | 230 | 55,169 |
Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled***) | 66,224 | 148,990 | 75,919 | 145,336 | 85,259 | 151,416 |
Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued | 5,905 | 6,083 | 6,650 | |||
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 774 | 1,015 | 1,122 | |||
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,045 | 1,152 | 1,497 | |||
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle |
Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,172,923 | 2,263,702 | 3,287,998 | 2,270,306 | 3,361,980 | 2,254,551 |
Total Number of Bus Inspections | 54,854 | 125,926 | 51,313 | 130,937 | 50,820 | 79,768 |
Truck OOS Rate | 6.9% | 23.2% | 6.6% | 23.2% | 5.8% | 22.1% |
Bus OOS Rate | 3.7% | 7.9% | 4.8% | 7.6% | 4.3% | 7.6% |
IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS | ||||||
HM Package Inspections | 7,894 | 6,894 | 6,816 | |||
Security Contact Reviews | 2,066 | 1,797 | 1,958 | |||
*Preliminary.
**No level 7 school bus inspections reported.
***Mexico-domiciled trucks or buses operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only.
***Mexico-domiciled trucks or buses operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only.