FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee

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FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee

• Debbie Hersman
• September 13, 2007

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NTSB

• Independent Federal Agency
• 5 Member Board
• President appointed
• Senate confirmed
• 400 Staff
• Investigates accidents in all modes of
  transportation
• Determine probable cause
• Issue recommendations

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How We Pick Accidents

• 19,000 accidents per day
• 7,638 people injured in highway accidents a day
• 43,443 fatalities in 2005
• We can only launch on 5-6 major accidents each
  year
• 2 teams of 6-8 investigators
• Thorough, comprehensive investigations

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How We Pick Accidents

• 4 basic criteria in selecting accidents for
  investigation.
• Is there high public interest?
• Have we done it before?
• Can we make a difference?
• Do we have the resources?

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How We Pick Accidents

• Always looking for new nation-wide safety issues
  that other highway safety organizations have not
  addressed.
• We cannot implement a change directly, but we can
  be the catalyst for change through others.

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Accident Reports
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Safety Recommendations
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926 Open Recommendations

• Aviation 426
• Highway 271
• Railroad 108
• Marine 68
• Pipeline 31
• Intermodal 22

September 7, 2007
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Most Wanted List
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Action/Timeliness Criteria
Red Unacceptable response Yellow Acceptable
response progressing slowly Green Acceptable
response progressing in a timely manner
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Improve the Safety of Motor Carrier Operations
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Safety Improvement Wanted

• Change the way safety fitness ratings are
  determined so adverse vehicle and driver
  performance alone are sufficient to result in an
  overall unsatisfactory rating for the carrier
  H-99-6

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Special Investigation Report
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Indianapolis, IN 1995
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Schematic of Indianapolis Accident Scene
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Motor Carrier Compliance Reviews of Hammond from
1987 to 1995
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Stony Creek, VA 1997
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Route of the Pathways to Freedom Tour
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Motor Carrier Compliance Reviews of Rite-Way from
1993 to 1997
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Motor Carrier Fitness Safety Ratings

• Safety Fitness Factors
• General
• Drivers
• Operations
• Vehicles
• Hazardous Materials
• Accidents

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Motor Carrier Fitness Safety Ratings

• Accident Factors
• General
• Drivers
• Operations
• Vehicles
• Hazardous Materials
• Accidents

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Mountainburg, AR 2001
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Source Arkansas State Police
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Source Arkansas State Police
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Mountainburg, AR (Animation Overhead View)
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Mountainburg, AR (Animation Truck Chase View)
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Mountainburg, AR (Animation Bus Chase View)
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Source FMCSA personnel at Ft. Smith, Arkansas
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Wilmer, TX 2005
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Path of Hurricane Katrina August 2005
Houston
Galveston
Path of Hurricane Rita Landfall in Texas
September 23
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Tire Change
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Source Dallas County Sheriffs Dept.
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Source KTVT News
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0023
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0027
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0050
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0133
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0234
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0517
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0630
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Damaged oxygen cylinders from the passenger
compartment
Oxygen cylinders from the luggage compartment
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Where Are We Now?

• 2003 NPRM
• 2004 Review of SafeStat
• Current status
  OpenUnacceptable Response
• CSA 2010

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Actions Remaining

• New performance-based operational model
• Pilot testing of new rating system in fiscal year
  2008
• Continue to develop standards to measure overall
  safety of motor carrier operations

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