Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

SAFETY OUTCOMES	2006	2007	2008
Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total 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: NHTSA, fatalities and injuries; FHWA, vehicle miles traveled (VMT).

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: MCMIS (State-reported data); NHTSA (fatal crash data).
For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality.

PROGRAM OUTPUTS	FY 2007 Total		FY 2008 Total*		FY 2009 Total*
PROGRAM OUTPUTS	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 Material (HM) Reviews	1,973	808	1,835	938	2,081	1,217
Household Goods Reviews	489	9	608	21	557	9
Motor Coach 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		1,151		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%
INCREASING 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.