The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will conduct a study of the causes of crashes of commercial vehicles.
The study, details of which will be published in the Federal Registered Thursday, Aug. 28, will begin early next year. It's purpose is to monitor crash trends and identify causes and contributing factors, and develop effective safety improvement policies and programs.
FMCSA said it will collect data on 3,333 fatal crashes from 30 state jurisdictions “aimed at identifying key driver, vehicle, motor carrier, and environmental factors that may contribute to fatal crashes involving heavy-duty trucks."
Data collection will take at least two years to complete.
Public comments will be sought as part of the study.
Congress approved the study in 2021 and allocated $30 million for it.
