FMCSA Studies How Truck Driver Hours Lead to Road Crashes
Published Date: 11/17/2025
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Summary
The FMCSA wants to collect new info about truck drivers’ work schedules to see how they affect crash risks and safety. This means drivers, companies, and safety experts will share data like hours worked and accident records. Comments on this plan are open until January 16, 2026, so jump in and have your say!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Motor Carrier Reporting Burden
The FMCSA plans to collect information from motor carriers and estimates 60 respondents. Each response is estimated at 15 minutes (0.25 hours); the total estimated annual burden is 45 hours, with some items reported one time (IC1, IC2) and others quarterly (IC3).
Driver Schedules and Crash Data Collected
FMCSA will collect drivers' hours-of-service (HOS) duty logs, accident and incident data, inspection violation records, and driver demographic data. The HOS and incident data will be obtained via integration with telematics system providers and carriers; all data collection will be electronic.
Public Deidentified Data Release
The contractor (Pulsar Informatics) must develop a publicly available deidentified data set to be housed in the FMCSA Data Repository. All personally identifiable information will be removed, and the deidentified data set will be provided to FMCSA after relevant State and Federal statutes of limitations for legal discoverability have expired.
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