Commercial vehicle roadside safety inspection and traffic enforcement programs have saved more than 7,000 lives since 2001, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA’s latest roadside analysis data shows that nearly 500 lives were saved in 2012 alone, a year which also saw the prevention of nearly 9,000 injuries from more than 14,000 crashes involving large commercial trucks and buses.
