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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 03/31/05)

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SAFETY OUTCOMES
2002
2003
2004
• Large Truck Fatalities
4,939
 
4,986
 
5,196*
 
• Large Truck Fatality Rate
 (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
2.3
 
2.3
 
**
 
• Intercity Bus Fatalities
54
 
36
 
**
 
• Large Truck Injuries
130,000
 
122,000
 
118,000*
 
• Large Truck Injury Rate
  (per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled)
60.5
 
56.6
 
**
 

Sources: NHTSA (fatalities and injuries), FHWA (vehicle miles traveled).
*Preliminary.   **Data not available.
DATA QUALITY
2003
2004
ACCURACY
• Percentage of FMCSA reported crashes matched to a carrier
86%
 
87%
 
• Percentage of FMCSA reported inspections matched to a carrier
96%
 
97%
 
TIMELINESS
• Average time to upload a crash to FMCSA
136 days
 

84 days

 
• Average time to upload an inspection to FMCSA
26 days
 
15 days
 
COMPLETENESS
• Percentage of fatal crashes reported to FMCSA
93%
 
**
 
 
**Data not available.

PROGRAM OUTPUTS

FY 2003

Total

FY 2004

Total

FY 2005

(Oct-Dec 2004)

FY 2005

(Jan-Mar 2005)

INCREASING ENFORCEMENT
• Number of Federal Compliance Reviews
9,068
 
7,637
 
1,828
 
2,175
 
• Number of State Compliance Reviews
3,744
 
3,745
 
909
 
1,107
 
• Number of enforcement cases initiated
5,753
 
5,192
 
1,227
 
1,081
 
   - Unsat/Unfit out-of-service orders
316
 
415
 
130
 
145
 
• Roadside inspections, trucks
2,991,788
 
2,946,630
 
683,601
 
703,740
 
• Roadside inspections, buses
42,377
 
42,790
 
9,422
 
10,078
 
• States participating in PRISM
25
 
37
 
37
 
38
 
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
• New Entrant Safety Audits:
   - Total
7,205
 
25,316
 
7,405
 
8,907
 
   - Federal
4,119
 
10,013
 
2,852
 
2,973
 
   - State
2,998
 
15,031
 
4,482
5,801
   - Seminar
88
 
272
71
 
133
 
• ITS-CVO: Number of Federal, State,
   and industry attendees at briefings
2,703
 
2,205
 
485
 
365
 
• Web site visits to Analysis and
    Information (A&I) Online
935,865
 
1,417,701
 
455,573
 
414,096
 
• HM Security Sensitivity Visits (SSVs)
1,797
 
1,476
 
349
 
436
 
• Federal/State personnel training:
   - For Compliance Reviews
93
 
93
 
80
 
31
 
   - For roadside inspections
2,790
 
3,586
 
1,031
 
1,173
 
   - For hazardous materials
1,906
 
2,611
 
362
 
605
 
   - For in-service
199
 
1,332
 
253
 
324
 
IMPROVING SAFETY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
• States participating in CVISN
    (In Planning, Design, Deployment)
7,6,34
 
8,3,31
 
8,2,32
 
8,2,32
 
• States that have completed
Core Capability Deployment
4
 
9
 
9
 
9
 
RULEMAKINGS (Jan-Mar 2005)

• Hours-of-Service of Drivers, Notice of availability in public docket (February 4, 2005).

• Title VI Regulations, FMCSA Financial Assistance Recipients (February 14, 2005).


 
 
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