Data Requirements for Monitoring Truck Safety

The existing truck accident and travel data are not adequate for determining the trends in truck safety or for guiding actions that could reduce accident losses. Therefore the Transportation Research Board, with support from the Federal Highway Administration, the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, the Highway Users Federation, and the Trucking Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations, undertook this study to recommend improvements in the data systems used to monitor truck safety and to develop programs to reduce accident losses. The results of this study are presented in the following chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Overview of Truck Safety Data Programs; (3) National Monitoring System: Purpose and Applications; ( 4) Ideal National Monitoring System; (5) Data Plan Recommendations; (6) Organizational and Implementation Issues; and (7) Summary and Conclusions.