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


SAFETY OUTCOMES
  2002
  2003
  2004
Large Truck Fatalities
4,939
4,986
*
Large Truck Fatality Rate
(per 100 million vehicle miles traveled)
2.3
2.3
*
Intercity Bus Fatalities
54
36
*
Large Truck Injuries
130,000
122,000
*
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 FMCSA137 days86 days
Average time to upload an inspection to FMCSA29 days16 days
COMPLETENESS
Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA92%*
*Data not available.
 
PROGRAM OUTPUTS
FY
2003 Total
FY 2004
Total
FY 2005
(Oct-Dec 2004)
INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
9,013
7,603
1,811
Number of State Compliance Reviews
3,723
3,741
893
Number of Enforcement Cases Initiated
5,753
5,192
1,227
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
316
415
130
Roadside Inspections, Trucks
2,989,483
2,940,505
665,920
Roadside Inspections, Buses
42,367
42,623
9,326
States Participating in PRISM
25
37
37
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
New Entrant Safety Audits:
Total
7,198
25,275
7,328
Federal
4,112
10,001
2,770
State
2,998
15,002
4,397
Seminar
88
272
71
ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State, and Industry Attendees at Briefings
2,703
2,205
433
Web site visits to Analysis & Information (A&I) Online
935,865
1,417,701
455,573
HM Security Sensitivity Visits (SSVs)
1,836
1,873
433
Federal/State Personnel Training:
For Compliance Reviews
93
93
80
For Roadside Inspections
2,790
3,586
1,031
For Hazardous Materials
1,906
2,611
362
For In-Service
199
1,332
253
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
States Participating in CVISN (in Planning, Design, and Deployment)
7, 6, 34
8, 3, 31
8, 2, 32
States That Have Completed Core CVISN Capability Deployment
4
9
9
RULEMAKINGS (October-December 2005)
Rules of Practice; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (October 20, 2014).
Hours-of-Service of Drivers; Supporting Documents; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (November 3, 2004).
Brokers of Household Goods Transportation by Motor Vehicle; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (December 22, 2004).
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