Measuring the FMCSA's Safety Objectives from March 2000 to September 2004

Nixon, Julie L.; Stevenson, Courtney; Balbaky, Samer; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)

doi:10.21949/1502979

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Measuring the FMCSA's Safety Objectives from March 2000 to September 2004

2006-01-01
By Nixon, Julie L. ; Stevenson, Courtney ; Balbaky, Samer

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Nixon, Julie L. ; Stevenson, Courtney ; Balbaky, Samer

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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Analysis Division
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Commercial Drivers Measurement Motor Carriers Safety Programs Strategic Planning Truck Crashes Trucking Safety
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FMCSA-RI-06-038
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https://doi.org/10.21949/1502979
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Tech Report
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United States
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;AGR-FREIGHT-Motor Carriers;
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The Volpe Center was requested by FMCSA to establish metrics and benchmarks against which to assess progress in attaining the FMCSA safety objectives. This was to be done objectively, emphasizing the use of SafeStat information. SafeStat (short for Motor Carrier Safety Status Measurement System) is a data-driven analysis system that utilizes a comprehensive variety of safety data to determine the relative safety fitness of individual motor carriers on a periodic basis. Additionally, however, SafeStat results can collectively be applied to assess the safety performance and status of the entire motor carrier industry or specific segments, such as high-risk carriers. The Volpe Center was requested to conduct studies and research different approaches to utilizing SafeStat-based and other relevant measures that would quantify FMCSA’s progress towards achieving its specific safety objectives. During this review, specific metrics were formulated for five of the eight specific safety objectives along with the general objective of reducing commercial motor vehicle crashes. In order to further refine and confirm the analysis, the metrics were calculated on comparative, longitudinal, and peer group bases. This resulted in a set of over forty different analyses and metrics that tracked safety improvement comparisons for various segments of the industry. Separately, the analyses/metrics were each associated with a FMCSA safety objective. Collectively, the results provide a complete view of FMCSA’s progress in achieving the safety objectives. This approach allows the FMCSA to monitor trends to determine changes in safety, and measure the extent of those changes.
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