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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 12/31/10)
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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of December 31, 2010)
| • Rate of Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT)* |
0.153** |
0.121** |
**** |
• Total Fatalities Involving Large Trucks and Buses |
4,545 |
3,619** |
**** |
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Fatalities Involving Large Trucks |
4,245 |
3,380** |
**** |
| Fatalities Involving Single-Unit Trucks |
1,173 |
972** |
**** |
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Fatalities Involving Combination-Unit Trucks |
3,173 |
2,470** |
**** |
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Fatalities Involving Buses*** |
311 |
254** |
**** |
| • Rate of Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses (per 100 million total VMT) |
3.82 |
3.13** |
**** |
| • Total Injuries Involving Large Trucks and Buses |
113,000 |
93,000 |
**** |
| Injuries Involving Large Trucks |
90,000 |
74,000 |
**** |
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Injuries Involving Buses |
24,000 |
20,000 |
**** |
| • Total VMT (millions; includes trucks, buses, and passenger vehicles) |
2,973,509** |
2,979,321** |
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| Large Truck VMT |
227,458** |
**** |
**** |
| Bus VMT |
7,114** |
**** |
**** |
*Fatality Rate Formula: Fatality rate = [(Number of fatalities involving large trucks and buses / Total VMT) x 100]. **Preliminary. ****Data not available
***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), from April 2010 Traffic Volume Trends. |
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ACCURACY |
| • Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier |
96% |
98% |
98% |
• Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier |
99% |
99% |
99% |
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TIMELINESS |
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• Percentage of FMCSA crashes reported within 90 days |
88% |
87% |
87% |
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• Percentage of FMCSA inspections reported within 21 days |
94% |
95% |
95% |
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COMPLETENESS |
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• Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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• Percentage of nonfatal crashes reported to FMCSA |
86% |
86% |
88% |
• Percentage of all crash reports with complete driver/vehicle data |
84% |
94% |
94% |
| Sources: MCMIS (State-reported data); NHTSA (fatal crash data). For details, see www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/DataQuality. |
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PROGRAM OUTPUTS |
FY 2009 Total |
FY 2010 Total* |
FY 2011 (Oct-Dec 2010)* |
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Federal |
State |
Federal |
State |
Federal |
State |
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COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (CRs) |
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• Total Number of CRs |
10,290 |
6,638 |
9,311 |
6,117 |
1,843 |
1,286 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews |
2,082 |
1,218 |
1,943 |
1,108 |
376 |
247 |
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Household Goods Reviews |
557 |
9 |
561 |
6 |
32 |
4 |
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Motor Coach Reviews |
1,090 |
197 |
878 |
164 |
81 |
25 |
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• Conditional Carrier Reviews |
2,444 |
757 |
2,032 |
727 |
357 |
127 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
3,386
(94%) |
34,508
(98%) |
2,147
(93%) |
31,967
(95%) |
201
(84%) |
6,915
(97%) |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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• Trucks |
110,004 |
3,321,414 |
130,866 |
3,340,752 |
33,607 |
794,776 |
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HM Trucks |
4,588 |
217,615 |
5,395 |
205,254 |
1,348 |
46,914 |
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• Buses** |
16,329 |
82,729 |
12,302 |
82,866 |
2,822 |
19,284 |
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• At U.S. Borders (counts based on Census data) |
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Trucks (Canada/Mexico Domiciled***) |
80,761 |
206,940 |
101,442 |
227,177 |
26,877 |
54,661 |
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Buses (Canada/Mexico Domiciled***) |
1,569 |
530 |
1,312 |
441 |
158 |
84 |
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Northern Border (Canada Domiciled) |
231 |
55,128 |
195 |
63,127 |
16 |
15,617 |
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Southern Border (Mexico Domiciled***) |
82,099 |
152,342 |
102,559 |
164,491 |
27,019 |
39,128 |
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• Notice-of-Claim Letters Issued |
6,647 |
7,457 |
1,709 |
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• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders |
1,118 |
1,004 |
227 |
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• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,504 |
1,592 |
438 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
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• Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,379,168 |
2,267,977 |
3,422,740 |
2,328,546 |
819,059 |
541,342 |
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• Total Number of Bus Inspections |
50,796 |
81,146 |
45,934 |
82,663 |
10,247 |
19,122 |
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• Truck OOS Rate |
5.8% |
22.1% |
5.3% |
20.1% |
5.0% |
20.2% |
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• Bus OOS Rate |
4.2% |
7.6% |
4.9% |
6.7% |
4.2% |
5.9% |
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INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS |
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• HM Package Inspections |
6,718 |
6,611 |
814 |
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• Security Contact Reviews |
1,959 |
1,897 |
242 |
*Preliminary.
**No level 7 school bus inspections reported.
***Mexico-domiciled trucks or buses operating in the U.S. Commercial Zone only. |

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