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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2004)

SAFETY OUTCOMES
2001
2002
2003
• Large Truck Fatalities
5,111
4,897
4,942**
• Large Truck Fatality Rate
  (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
2.4
2.3
*
• Intercity Bus Fatalities
46
53
*
• Large Truck Injuries
131,000
130,000
121,000**
• Large Truck Injury Rate
  (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
62.5
60.5
*
Sources: NHTSA (fatalities and injuries), FHWA (truck vehicle miles traveled).                                 *Data not available.                     **Preliminary.
 
DATA QUALITY
2002
2003
ACCURACY
• Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier
85%
87%
• Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier
95%
96%
TIMELINESS
• Average time to upload a crash to FMCSA
157 days
104 days
• Average time to upload an inspection to FMCSA
49 days
24 days
COMPLETENESS
• Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA
94%
*
*Data not available.
PROGRAM OUTPUTS
FY 2002 Total
FY 2003 Total
FY 2004
(Oct-Dec 2003)
FY 2004
(Jan-Mar 2004)
INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
• Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
7,577
9,070
1,781
2,093
• Number of State Compliance Reviews
2,964
3,715
702
924
• Number of enforcement cases initiated
4,038
5,513
1,448
1,391
   - Unsat/Unfit out-of-service orders
189
315
79
54
• Roadside inspections, trucks
2,904,348
2,993,176
667,666
697,137
• Roadside inspections, buses
38,932
42,218
8,650
9,132
• States participating in PRISM
25
32
32
32
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
• New Entrant Safety Audits:
   - Total
-
7,182
5,401
6,944
   - Federal
-
4,108
2,407
2,756
   - State
-
2,987
2,936
4,083
   - Seminar
-
87
58
105
• ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State,
   and industry attendees at briefings
1,342
2,703
625
475
• Web site visits to Analysis and
    Information (A&I) Online
584,926
935,865
296,723
370,970
• HM Security Sensitivity Visits (SSVs)
30,893*
1,830*
311
408
• Federal/State personnel training:
   - For Compliance Reviews
102
93
9
16
   - For roadside inspections
3,993
2,790
417
791
   - For hazardous materials
1,380
1,906
316
286
   - For in-service
256
199
136
170
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
• States participating in CVISN
    (In Planning, Design, Deployment)
10, 7, 30
7, 6, 34
7, 6, 31
7, 6, 31
• States that have completed
    Core Capability Deployment
4
4
7
7
FINAL RULEMAKINGS (Jan-Mar 2004)
• National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures; Notice (March 1, 2004).
• Safety Performance History of New Drivers and Minimum Training Requirements for Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) Operators and LCV Driver-Instructor Requirements; Final Rule (March 30, 2004).
• Minimum Training Requirements for Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) Operators and LCV Driver-Instructor Requirements; Final Rule (March 30, 2004).
*The number of SSVs performed in 2002 was elevated in response to the events surrounding September 11, 2001. FY 2003 SSV activity represents a more normal level of SSV activity by FMCSA safety investigators.

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