A&I Online

Scope

Analysis and Information (A&I) Online applies to anyone interested in data for and analysis of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA’s) safety programs and industry compliance.

Regulatory citations

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Summary of requirements

The website provides information on the following areas:

• Safety Measurement System (SMS). A data-driven analysis system that provides a means for determining the relative safety status of individual motor carriers and drivers. The system is currently used by FMCSA to prioritize carriers for interventions under the CSA enforcement model.
• Crash Profiles. The profiles on the national level and the state-specific level provide summarized tables and graphs to support the analysis of who, when, where, and what types of crashes intrastate and interstate commercial vehicles are involved in. The profiles are based on state-reported crashes uploaded to the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) and fatal crashes uploaded to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
• Program Measures. The Program Measures Module includes summarized statistics for three FMCSA Safety Programs: Compliance Reviews, Roadside Inspections, and Traffic Enforcement. All activity for each Safety Program is reported on a national and state level. Currently available online are:
  • Reviews — National, state comparison and state profile reports.
  • Roadside Inspections — National, state comparison and state profile reports.
  • Traffic Enforcement — National, state comparison and state profile reports.
  • Program Effectiveness — Information on the effectiveness of the programs in terms of reducing crashes involving large trucks and buses.
• Analysis Results & Reports. Analysis Results and Reports (AR&R) is a collection of analytical reports on motor carrier safety developed by the FMCSA. These reports document recent studies on truck and bus safety. AR&R provides links to publications with FMCSA current analysis results and includes the following reports: SafeStat Methodology, Large Truck Crash Facts, FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Models, Motor Carrier Industry Safety Profile Studies, and many more. Provides links to publications with FMCSA current analysis results.
• Passenger Carrier Safety. Updated monthly, the Passenger Carrier Safety Module is a one-stop source for safety information about carriers operating motor coach, school bus, van/mini-bus, and limousine services. The new module was designed to help school trip planners, senior citizens groups, community groups, and businesses make more informed buying decisions. Improved access to passenger carrier safety information raises awareness and promotes private and public actions to improve commercial passenger vehicle safety.
• Data Quality. The Data Quality Module presents, in one place, FMCSA resources that allow users to monitor and improve the quality of data submitted by states to MCMIS. The module allows users to obtain the data quality evaluation results of state-reported crash and roadside inspection data, link to the DataQs website, an electronic means for filing concerns about federal and state data released to the public, and access reports for analyzing data quality issues.
• FMCSA Tools. FMCSA Tools includes information resources available on A&I Online that are only accessible to FMCSA and state partners via a UAS account.