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Currently, HM-218D, Section (173.22(b)) states "No person may offer a motor carrier any hazardous material specified in 49 CFR 385.403 unless that motor carrier holds a safety permit issued by the FMCSA". Section 173.22(b) does not indicate how the shipper should check for a valid HMSP....
An appurtenance is defined in 49 C.F.R. 178.320(a) as any attachment to a cargo tank that has no lading retention or containment function and provides no structural support to the cargo tank. Some examples of an appurtenance include ladders, light brackets, hose trays, conduit clips, brake line...
About the Report: This annual edition of Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts contains descriptive statistics about fatal, injury, and property damage only crashes involving large trucks and buses in 2011. Selected crash statistics on passenger vehicles are also presented for comparison purposes.
Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2011 - FMCSA-RRA-13-049, Analysis Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety, October 2013 This chapter presents information on large trucks involved in fatal, injury, and property damage only crashes. Some of the data in this chapter come from the MCMIS Crash File,...
Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2011 - FMCSA-RRA-13-049, Analysis Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, October 2013
This chapter contains information on the circumstances of large truck crashes. Below is a summary of some of the information in this section:
...Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2011 - FMCSA-RRA-13-049 Analysis Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety, October 2013 This chapter contains information on the circumstances of large truck crashes. Below is a summary of some of the information in this section: Of the 273,000 police-reported...
In 2011, 3,608 large trucks were involved in fatal crashes, a 3-percent increase from 2010. However, from 2008 through 2011 the number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes declined by 12 percent. The number of passenger vehicles involved in fatal crashes declined by 13 percent over the same...
The 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with hazmat transportation accidents during the critical first 30 minutes.
Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §389.35, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is filing a Petition for Reconsideration to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to reconsider several provisions set forth in the final rule establishing the hours of...
Appendix A – Analysis of Air Quality Impacts; Appendix B – Public Rest Area/Commercial Parking Facility Impacts; Appendix C. Statement of Energy Effects for FMCSA Hours of Service Final Rule; Appendix D – Exposure to Diesel Exhaust; Appendix E – Public Notice;