Truck and Bus Maintenance Requirements and Their Impact on Safety
The current study is analyzing the impact of preventative vehicle maintenance of large trucks and buses on safety, to include not only violations that are serious enough to be listed as out-of-service (OOS) criteria, but also other vehicle maintenance issues which have been found to cause or contribute to crashes. The study seeks to understand the effect of current regulations on maintenance and consider whether new or revised OOS criteria are needed. New or revised OOS criteria may include combinations of vehicle maintenance issues. This study is also assessing the prevalence and nature of State inspection programs and the maintenance standards of the safest carriers.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $335,627
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Contract Numbers:
DTMC7514D00011L-7009
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Walker, Martin
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Performing Organizations:
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
3500 Transportation Research Plaza
Blacksburg, Virginia United States 24061 - Start Date: 20160919
- Expected Completion Date: 20190318
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking performance; Crashes; Defects; Motor carriers; Safety; Truck crashes; Vehicle maintenance
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01626326
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Contract Numbers: DTMC7514D00011L-7009
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Feb 22 2017 10:17AM