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GAOREPORTS
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2010-08-12
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2003-05-30
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GA 1.13:GAO-03-680
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REPORT
GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-680
GAO-03-680
Highway safety
Internal controls
Motor vehicle safety
Program evaluation
DOT Share the Road Safely Program
Large Truck Crash Causation Study
Other Written Product
A07050
Truck Safety: Share the Road Safely Program Needs Better Evaluation of Its Initiatives
From 1992 through 2001, more than 50,000 people were killed in
crashes involving large commercial trucks. Although more than
6,800 of these fatalities were truck occupants, approximately
40,000 were passengers in other vehicles and more than 4,000 were
nonmotorists. The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) conducts a number of truck
safety programs, including the Share the Road Safely program,
whose goal is to educate the public about driving safely around
large trucks. GAO examined (1) whether the program's initiatives
are linked to this goal and (2) how FMCSA evaluates its Share the
Road Safely program. GAO recommends that the Department of
Transportation (DOT) ensure that the Share the Road Safely
program initiatives are directly linked to the program's goal and
establish a systematic
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https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-680/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-680.pdf
GAO-03-680
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-680
Other Written Product
GAO-03-680; Truck Safety: Share the Road Safely Program Needs Better Evaluation of Its Initiatives;
Highway safety
Internal controls
Motor vehicle safety
Program evaluation
DOT Share the Road Safely Program
Large Truck Crash Causation Study