Figures Show Continuing Safety Trend

The trucking industry is the safest it has ever been.

Figures recently released by the Federal Highway Administration indicate that the truck-involved fatality rate in 2007 declined 5.8 percent to 2.12 per 100 million miles from 2.25 per 100 million in 2006.

This decrease marks the lowest fatality rate since the Department of Transportation began keeping record of fatal traffic crashes in 1975.

Despite persistent opposition to the current hours-of-service rule, the truck-involved fatality rate has come down more than 10 percent since the current regulations took effect in 2005. This great success prompted former President Bush to renew the hours-of-service regulation on Jan. 19, the day before his term ended.

ATA President and CEO Bill Graves explains that these latest figures mark a great achievement and "ATA will continue to advance its aggressive safety agenda in an effort to continue this outstanding trend."

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