Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Earl Hardy

Senior Policy Advisor Office of the Assistant Administrator and

Chief Safety Officer

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Who We Are

FMCSA Regulates 551,000

active motor carriers

13,000

passenger carriers

295 billion =

Commercial motor vehicle miles traveled in

2014

84,000

hazardous materials carriers

4,000

household good carriers

4.5 million =

Increase in commercial trucks registered in the U.S. over the past 20 years

6.1 million

commercial motor vehicle drivers

53,000

medical examiners

By 2040

Truck freight will increase 43% from 13.2 billion tons (2012) to 18.8 billion tons

Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.4, 2014; Vehicle Miles Traveled and Registered Vehicles: FHWA, Highway Statistics 2013; Carrier and CMV Driver Counts ? FMCSA, MCMIS, data snapshot as of December 19, 2014; FMCSA 2016 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics.

MISSION

The Mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is to

prevent crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.

Key Safety Process Areas

R Companies register with

FMCSA

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Inspect vehicles and drivers and

record safety compliance data

Roadside Weigh Stations

Traffic Enforcement This is YOU!

C Investigators visit companies

and record safety

compliance data

Company Site Visits / Interventions

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Enforcement brings legal action against companies not in compliance

Legal Action

For Official Use Only

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The Problem ? Exploring Facts

Large trucks and buses represent

? 5% of the registered vehicles in the U.S. ? 10% of the vehicle miles traveled ? 12% of the fatal crashes ? 13% of the traffic fatalities

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Large Truck and Bus Crash Data

In 2015, 3,838 crashes involving a large truck or bus claimed 4,337 lives lost.

716 of those lives lost were large truck or bus occupants.

3,621 of those lives lost were occupants of either a passenger vehicle, rider of a motorcycle or a bicycle or were a pedestrian.

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Large Truck and Bus Crash Data

8,079 total vehicles were involved in these crashes

? 4,311 Large trucks or buses

? 99 School buses

? 33 Motor coaches

? 3,483 Passenger vehicles

? 285 Other vehicles, mostly motorcycles

? 63 Bicyclists

? 414 Pedestrians

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Persons on personal conveyances

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