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Crash
Causal Factors Program: Knowledge of Systems and processes
Information
Collection (IC) 4: CMV Enforcement Resources and Funding
Survey
Protocols
DRAFT
April
2023
FMCSA Crash Causal Factors Program: Knowledge of Systems and Processes Information Collection (IC) 4: CMV Enforcement Resources and Funding
Survey Protocols
1. IC-4: CMV Enforcement Resources and Funding 3
1.1 Agency Participation in Enforcement Activities and Related Policies 3
Agency Involvement and Funding Sources 6
Crash Reconstruction Team(s) 10
Respondent(s): MCSAP Coordinator, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.1
SURVEY LANDING PAGE
As authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is establishing a Crash Causal Factors Program. Through this program, FMCSA will execute a multi-phased study of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash causal factors, with Phase 1 focused on fatal crashes involving Class 7/8 large trucks: the Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study (LTCCFS).
FMCSA is planning to leverage existing State and local jurisdiction resources to collect police crash report (PCR) and post-crash inspection data to be used in the LTCCFS. FMCSA is also planning to leverage the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Grant Program to fund certain study data collection activities, when possible.
The purpose of this survey is to better understand States’ PCR and post-crash inspection data collection policies, procedures, and practices; various agencies’ involvement in crash data collection activities; and existing agency funding sources.
If you have any questions about the study, or about the information being requested in the survey, please contact Dan Meyer, FMCSA Transportation Specialist, at dan.meyer@dot.gov or (202) 366-2616.
If you have technical difficulties with the online survey tool, please e-mail CCFP@dot.gov or call [INSERT Volpe POC] at (617) 494-XXXX.
Thank you in advance for your time; your participation is greatly appreciated!
Respondent(s): State MCSAP Coordinator, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.1
[ASK ALL] Which entities in your State are involved in collecting commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash data for police crash reports (PCRs)? Select all that apply.
State Department of Transportation
State Police
Highway Patrol
Local law enforcement agencies
Department of Motor Vehicles
Public Utilities
Other (please specify:____________________)
[ASK ALL] Which entities are involved in PCR database management for your State? Select all that apply.
State Department of Transportation
State Police
Highway Patrol
Local law enforcement agencies (please specify: ____________________)
Department of Motor Vehicles
Public Utilities
Universities (please specify: ___________________)
Other (please specify:______________________)
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.4]
No [GO TO Q 1.1.5]
[GO TO Q 1.1.5]
Respondent(s): State MCSAP Coordinator, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.1
NOTE: A post-crash inspection is performed by a certified inspector, in association with a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash. Post-crash inspectors should complete a driver/vehicle examination report to document all violations and defects discovered at the time of the inspection.
Which agencies can conduct post-crash inspections
When a post-crash inspection should be conducted (i.e., criteria for a post-crash inspection)
Post-crash inspection notification/dispatch process
Other (please describe: _________________)
N/A [GO TO Q 1.1.7]
[IF Q 1.1.5=ANY RESPONSE BESIDES N/A] Would your State be willing to share its policies or SOPs relating to post-crash inspections? If you select “Yes,” FMCSA will send you an email to request copies of this documentation.
Yes
No
CMV fatal crashes
CMV serious injury crashes
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
[IF 1.1.7=SERIOUS INJURY] To what percentage of serious injury CMV crashes are post-crash inspectors dispatched?
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75% [GO TO Q 1.1.12]
[IF Q 1.1.10=0-75%] Which of the following factors limit the number of post-crash inspections that are performed on qualifying crashes?
Policy/regulatory constraints
Insufficient number of staff
Insufficient funding
Limited equipment (e.g., reconstruction equipment)
Lack staff with the appropriate skillset/training
Not enough time to handle all the in-scope crashes
Other (please specify: _________________________)
Respondent(s): State MCSAP Coordinator, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.1
[ASK ALL] Please indicate which entities in your State are involved in post-crash inspections (for each item, select one response under A). For each entity involved, please indicate what types of funding, if any, the entity receives to conduct post-crash inspections (for each involved entity, select all that apply under B).
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Involved in post-crash inspections |
NOT involved in post-crash inspections |
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Funding |
State or Local Funding |
None/ Not Applicable |
State Department of Transportation |
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Department of Motor Vehicles |
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Public Utilities |
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Other (Please Specify): _________________ |
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[ASK ALL] Please indicate which entities in your State are involved in post-crash investigations (for each item, select one response under A). For each entity involved, please indicate what types of funding, if any, the entity receives to conduct post-crash investigations (for each involved entity, select all that apply under B).
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Involved in post-crash investigations |
NOT involved in post-crash investigations |
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Funding |
State or Local Funding |
None/ Not Applicable |
State Department of Transportation |
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Other (Please Specify): _________________ |
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[ASK ALL] Please indicate which entities in your State are involved in crash reconstructions (for each item, select one response under A). For each entity involved, please indicate what types of funding, if any, the entity receives to conduct crash reconstructions (for each involved entity, select all that apply under B).
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Involved in crash reconstructions |
NOT involved in crash reconstructions |
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Funding |
State or Local Funding |
None/ Not Applicable |
State Department of Transportation |
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Highway Patrol |
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[END SECTION]
Respondent(s): Command Staff, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.3 or 1.3.4 (b) or (c)
SURVEY LANDING PAGE
As authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is establishing a Crash Causal Factors Program. Through this program, FMCSA will execute a multi-phased study of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash causal factors, with Phase 1 focused on fatal crashes involving Class 7/8 large trucks: the Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study (LTCCFS).
FMCSA is planning to leverage existing State and local jurisdiction resources to conduct post-crash investigations, crash reconstructions, and drug and alcohol investigations/evaluations to support the LTCCFS.
The purpose of this survey is to better understand States’ and local jurisdictions’ post-crash investigation, crash reconstruction, and drug and alcohol investigation/evaluation resources, policies, procedures, and practices.
If you have any questions about the study, or about the information being requested in the survey, please contact Dan Meyer, FMCSA Transportation Specialist, at dan.meyer@dot.gov or (202) 366-2616.
If you have technical difficulties with the online survey tool, please e-mail CCFP@dot.gov or call [INSERT Volpe POC] at (617) 494-XXXX.
Thank you in advance for your time; your participation is greatly appreciated!
NOTE: A post-crash investigation is a thorough investigation of a crash scene, typically performed by a law enforcement officer. It involves the collection of additional data elements beyond what is collected as part of a standard police crash report (PCR) but is not as expansive as a crash reconstruction.
When a post-crash investigation should be conducted for a crash involving a CMV (i.e., criteria for a post-crash investigation)
Post-crash investigation notification/dispatch process
Other (please describe: _________________)
N/A
[IF Q 1.1.15=ANY RESPONSE BESIDES N/A] Would your agency be willing to share its policies or SOPs relating to post-crash investigations? If you select “Yes,” FMCSA will send you an email to request copies of this documentation.
Yes
No
CMV fatal crashes
CMV serious injury crashes
[IF 1.1.17=FATALS] To what percentage of fatal CMV crashes are post-crash investigators dispatched?
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
[IF 1.1.17=SERIOUS INJURY] To what percentage of serious CMV injury crashes involving a CMV are post-crash investigators dispatched?
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75% [GO TO Q 1.1.22]
[IF Q 1.1.20=0-75%] Which of the following factors limit the number of post-crash investigations that are performed on qualifying crashes? Select all that apply.
Policy/ regulatory constraints
Insufficient number of staff
Insufficient funding
Limited equipment (e.g., reconstruction equipment)
Lack of staff with the appropriate skillset/training
Not
enough time to handle all the in-scope crashes
Other (please specify: _________________________)
Same day
2 – 5 days
More than 5 days
It depends (please describe: ________________)
Respondent(s): Command Staff, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.3 or 1.3.4 (b) or (c)
NOTE: A crash reconstruction involves all the components of a crash investigation, plus additional data collection and analysis that “utilizes principles of physics and empirical data to analyze the physical, electronic, video, audio, and testimonial evidence from a crash to determine how and why the crash occurred” (SAE International). Crash reconstructions are typically completed by specially trained law enforcement officers or contracted third parties.
When a crash reconstruction should be conducted (i.e., criteria for a crash reconstruction) [GO TO Q 1.1.24]
Crash reconstruction notification/dispatch process [GO TO Q 1.1.24]
Other (please describe: _________________) [GO TO Q 1.1.24]
N/A [GO TO Q 1.1.25]
Yes
No
CMV fatal crashes [GO TO Q 1.1.26]
CMV serious injury crashes [GO TO Q 1.1.27]
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
51% to 75%
More than 75%
Less than 25% [GO TO Q 1.1.29]
25% to 50% [GO TO Q 1.1.29]
51% to 75% [GO TO Q 1.1.29]
More than 75% [GO TO Q 1.1.30]
Policy/regulatory constraints
Insufficient number of staff
Insufficient funding
Limited equipment (e.g., reconstruction equipment)
Lack staff with the appropriate skillset/training
Not enough time to handle all the in-scope crashes
Other (please specify: _________________________)
[GO TO Q 1.1.30]
Respondent(s): Command Staff, Identified IC-1, 1.3.3 or 1.3.4 (b) or (c)
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.31]
No [GO TO 1.1.36]
1 [GO TO Q 1.1.32]
2 to 4 [GO TO Q 1.1.33]
5 to 7 [GO TO Q 1.1.33]
8 to 10 [GO TO Q 1.1.33]
11 or more [GO TO Q 1.1.33]
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.34]
No [GO TO Q 1.1.35]
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.34]
No [GO TO Q 1.1.35]
Less than year
1 to 4 years
5 to 9 years
It varies by team (please elaborate: __________________________)
[GO TO Q 1.1.35]
Same day
2 – 5 days
More than 5 days
It depends (please describe: ____________)
[GO TO Q 1.1.36]
Respondent(s): Command Staff, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.3 or 1.3.4 (b) or (c)
Reasonable suspicion [GO TO Q 1.1.38]
Probable cause [GO TO Q 1.1.38]
State law (please specify the applicable law: _______________) [GO TO Q 1.1.38]
Agency policy [GO TO Q 1.1.37]
Something else (please describe: _______________) [GO TO Q 1.1.38]
Yes
No
[GO TO Q 1.1.38]
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.40]
No [GO TO Q 1.1.39]
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.41]
No [END SURVEY]
[IF Q 1.1.38=YES] How many of these specialty-trained officers drivers does your agency have? _____________ [GO TO Q 1.1.41]
Do these specialty-trained officers respond to qualifying crashes? NOTE: A qualifying crash is a crash that involves at least one fatality and at least one Class 7/8 large truck. Please select one response.
Yes [GO TO Q 1.1.42]
No [END SURVEY]
When requested [GO TO Q 1.1.42]
Less than 25%
25-50%
51-75%
More than 75%
[GO TO Q 1.1.43]
Yes
No
Subject to limitations (please explain: ___________________________)
[GO TO Q 1.1.44]
Yes
No
Subject to limitations (please explain: ___________________________)
END OF SURVEY
Respondent(s): MCSAP Coordinator, Identified in IC-1, 1.3.1
As authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is establishing a Crash Causal Factors Program. Through this program, FMCSA will execute a multi-phased study of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash causal factors, with Phase 1 focused on fatal crashes involving Class 7/8 large trucks: the Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study (LTCCFS).
FMCSA is planning to leverage existing State and local jurisdiction resources to collect post-crash inspection data to be used in the LTCCFS. FMCSA is also planning to leverage the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Grant Program to fund certain study data collection activities, when possible.
The purpose of this survey is to understand (1) States’ regulations or policies regarding which agencies may conduct North American Standard (NAS) Level I inspections and (2) States’ current MCSAP grant sharing practices (i.e., with local jurisdictions).
If you have any questions about the study, or about the information being requested in the survey, please contact Dan Meyer, FMCSA Transportation Specialist, at dan.meyer@dot.gov or (202) 366-2616.
If you have technical difficulties with the online survey tool, please e-mail CCFP@dot.gov or call [INSERT Volpe POC] at (617) 494-XXXX.
Thank you in advance for your time; your participation is greatly appreciated!
Yes [GO TO Q 1.2.2]
No [GO TO Q 1.2.3]
Yes [GO TO Q. 1.2.5]
No [GO TO Q 1.2.4]
State law
Local policy
Funding levels are not high enough
Other (please specify: _______________________)
[GO TO Q 1.2.5]
Yes [END SURVEY]
No [GO TO Q 1.2.6]
Yes
No
END OF SURVEY
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File Type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
File Title | Crash Causal Factors Program: Knowledge of Systems and processes |
Subject | Survey Protocols |
Author | Stowe, Kelly (FMCSA) |
File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
File Created | 2023-08-19 |