Motor Carrier Safety: Improvements to Data-Driven Oversight Could Better Target High Risk Carriers

Abstract

FMCSA's primary mission of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses is critical to the safety of our nation's highways. However, with more than 500,000 active motor carriers operating on U.S. roadways, FMCSA must screen, identify, and target its resources toward those carriers presenting the greatest risk for crashing in the future. FMCSA has recently taken some steps in this direction by, among other actions: Establishing its oversight program--the CSA program--based on a data-driven approach for identifying motor carriers at risk of presenting a safety hazard or causing a crash, and establishing a vetting program designed to detect potential "chameleon" carriers--those carriers that have deliberately disguised their identity to evade enforcement actions issued against them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 04, 2015
Accession Number
AD1174497

Entities

People

  • Susan A. Fleming

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accuracy
  • Congress
  • Controlled Substances
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fatalities
  • Governments
  • Household Goods
  • Inspection
  • Intervention
  • Materials
  • Motor Vehicles
  • National Governments
  • Targets
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Government

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