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CED-77-62 1 (1977-05-16)

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REPORT TO


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THE CONGRESS


             BY THE COMPTROLLER (

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THE FEDERAL
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
PROGRAM: NOT YET
ACHIEVING
WHAT THE CONGRESS WANTED

                    Federal Highway Administration
                      Department Of Transportation
                         S '   ,S  Highway safety has increased
        @   fl. _                  sice 1966. But in 1977
                                   the Federal motor carrier
                           9safety program  hadt not
                  )been improved as much as
           f-  /the Congress wanted. Prob-
                                   lems which raised congres-
                                   sional concern in  1966 still
                        7          exist.


In 1975, for example,
45,000 people died in traf-
fic accidents. Trucks and
buses were involved in
about 20 percent of these
deaths.
Over one-third of the
54,800 trucks and buses
inspected by Federal per-
sonnel during 1974 and
1975 were unsafe and taken
off the road until repaired.
CED- 77-62


MAY 16, 1977


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