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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2005)


SAFETY OUTCOMES
  2002
  2003
  2004
Large Truck Fatalities
4,939
4,986
5,190
Large Truck Fatality Rate
(per 100 million vehicle miles traveled)
2.3
2.3
*
Intercity Bus Fatalities
54
36
58
Large Truck Injuries
130,000
122,000
116,000
Large Truck Injury Rate
(per 100 million vehicle miles traveled)
60.5
56.6
*
Sources: Fatalities and Injuries - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Vehicle Miles Traveled - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
*Data not available.
 
DATA QUALITY   2003  2004
ACCURACY
Percentage of FMCSA-reported crashes matched to a carrier86%87%
Percentage of FMCSA-reported inspections matched to a carrier96%97%
TIMELINESS
Average time to upload a crash to FMCSA136 days84 days
Average time to upload an inspection to FMCSA26 days15 days
COMPLETENESS
Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA93%92%
 
PROGRAM OUTPUTS
FY
2003 Total
FY 2004
Total
FY 2005(Oct-Dec 2004)
FY 2005 (Jan-Mar 2005)
FY 2005 (Apr-Jun 2005)
INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
9,068
7,637
1,828
2,1751,976
Number of State Compliance Reviews
3,744
3,745
909
1,1071,226
Number of Enforcement Cases Initiated
5,753
5,192
1,227
1,0811,011
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
316
415
130
145149
Roadside Inspections, Trucks
2,991,778
2,946,630
683,601
703,740787,469
Roadside Inspections, Buses
42,377
42,790
9,422
10,07813,957
States Participating in PRISM
25
37
37
3838
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
New Entrant Safety Audits:
Total
7,205
25,316
7,405
8,9078,874**
Federal
4,119
10,013
2,852
2,9732,440
State
2,998
15,031
4,482
5,8015,673
Seminar
88
272
71
133214
ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State, and Industry Attendees at Briefings
2,703
2,205
485
365145
Web site visits to Analysis & Information (A&I) Online
935,865
1,417,701
455,573
414,096399,669
HM Security Sensitivity Visits (SSVs)
1,797
1,476
349
436677
Federal/State Personnel Training:
For Compliance Reviews
93
93
80
3127
For Roadside Inspections
2,790
3,586
1,031
1,173839
For Hazardous Materials
1,906
2,611
362
605885
For In-Service
199
1,332
253
324588
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
States Participating in CVISN (in Planning, Design, and Deployment)
7, 6, 34
8, 3, 31
8, 2, 32
8, 2, 328, 1, 33
States That Have Completed Core CVISN Capability Deployment
4
9
9
  
RULEMAKINGS (April-June 2005)
Rules of Practice; RIN 2126-AA15; FMCSA-1997-2299; Final Rule (May 18, 2005).
Unified Registration System; RIN 2126-AA22; FMCSA-97-2349; NPRM (May 19, 2005).
Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Protection; RIN 2126-AA88; FMCSA-2005-21259 (June 8, 2005).

**Includes safety audits conducted by contractors.

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