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First Phase Report: Appendix A Table A-5

Hazardous Materials Serious Crash Analysis:
First Phase Final Report

6. What are the shortcomings of the data that you are using?

Table A-5. Summary of Question 6 Results
 FMCSA HQ ManagerFMCSA Field HM Expert FMCSA HQ MCMIS Expert FAA HM ExpertChemical Industry HM ExpertHM Carrier Association OfficialExplosives Group OfficialChemical Industry HM ExpertState HM Enforcement OfficialHM Carrier RepresentativeHM Carrier Association OfficialRSPA HM ExpertUSCG HM ExpertNHTSA HM ExpertRSPA_HMIS ExpertState HM Enforcement OfficialState HM Enforcement OfficialState HM Enforcement OfficialHM Carrier Association officialState HM Enforcement OfficialState HM Association OfficialTOTAL
Lack of Details or Actual DataX XXXX X   X        X8
Commodity FlowX                    1
Package Population NumbersX                    1
Incident Causes and Package FailuresX X    X             3
SuccessesX   X      X         3
Pre-Crash  X                  1
The "Middle Number" - How Much Hazmat is Flying   X                 1
Conditional Release Probability Data (container design, release size)    X                1
Modal Data (rail, truck, barge, etc.)    X      X         2
Bulk Containers in 5800.1 Report     X               1
More Accurate Accident Rate Data for all Modes       X             1
No Central Data Repository for Motor Carrier Data       X             1
Denominator (or exposure data) Often Limited           X         1
Uniformity  X  X  X   X         4
Difficulty in Relating Different Databases X                   1
Differences Between Definition of Incidents    X  X             2
Differences Between Definition of Shipments       X             1
Marine Industry Needs Same Shipping Paper, Marking, Labeling, and Placarding Requirements       X             1
Source Specific Complaints  X  X             X 3
Quality and quantity problems with MCMIS  X                  1
"SafeStat" does not show a carrier's safety performance over time     X               1
"SafeStat" not comprehensive due to some states lagging behind on reporting     X               1
Regarding MCS-82 or 90 no follow up notice given when liability insurance is cancelled                    X 1
General X X X     X   X   X X X    X X     X 11
Timeliness X      X   X  XX   X6
Limitations of self reported data      X              1
Cumbersome, poor indexing, not user friendly          X          1
Company identification frequently a problem           X         1
Underreporting           X         1
Quality is uneven           X         1
Accessibility of information               X     1
Completeness and accuracy of dataXXX             X    4





  
 
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