Crash Data Improvement Program

 

To improve the collection and analysis of truck and bus crash data and ensure that complete, accurate and timely data are available for analysis in the United States.

Deleted 06/02/2006 (Budget authority expired for next fiscal year) 20.230 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Project Grants (Discretionary). Since 2002, 27 states received $9.2 million in awards. Motor Carrier Improvement Act OF 1999, Section 225. A qualified state of the United States and the District of Columbia. The general public. Certification by the state that it meets the conditions for grant approval. Submission of a state's proposal addressing the improvement of the collection and analysis of truck and bus data within the state. Cost will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular A-87 for State and local governments. To be eligible for grants, states must satisfactorily complete the application process. A panel will review the application and decide whether to accept, reject or request the state revise the application. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. File with the FMCSA Analysis Division a proposal with deliverables and a FMCSA MCSAP-2 agreement, which includes certification of eligibility and the state commercial vehicle safety plan. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular A-110. The amount of the crash data improvement program grant to a state will be determined by FMCSA based on the availability of funds, and the eligibility of the state. States will be required to sign a grant agreement. Applications may be filed throughout the fiscal year. From 30 to 120 days. None. Application for a grant must either be made annually or upon demonstration that prior crash data improvement grants have met their goals. The aplicant must meet the statutory and administrative requirements contained in 49 CFR 350. The state plan must provide for an effective safety program. Applicant must have a completed project plan, including an account of state funding levels. Assistance to the states for implementation of programs to ensure availability of complete, accurate and timely data on truck and bus crashes. Quarterly activity reports are required to be filed with the FMCSA division office. In accordance with OMB Circular A-133, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 in Federal awards in a year are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular A-133. Records of all program activities covered the state's crash data improvement plan and statistics pertaining to commercial motor vehicle accidents. Such reports must be kept for three years following the year of funding. None. Grants are available for up to two years. Obligations to a state will remain available for expenditure for the fiscal years in which they were obligated, plus the next full fiscal year. Time extensions can be made to grants upon the state's written request and with program office approval. None. Betsy Benkowski, FMCSA, 400 7th Street SW, Washington DC 20950 phone: 202-366-5387. http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov 69-8048-0-7-401. (grants) FY 04 $1,762,153; FY 05 $4,800,000; and FY 06 est $4,800,000. Each stae must recieve a minumum of .005 per cent, but no more than 12 per cent, or funds available for each year. 49 CFR 386-399, FMCSA regulations; 49 CFR 100-180, Hazardous Materials Regulations. Revision of State's crash report form; Expediting processing of truck and bus crasher; Management of CVARS; Purchasing equipment to support CVARS.