This project proposes to enhance fmcsa's mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses in both kansas and iowa through the fusion, analyses, and reporting of…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded Kansas State University $1.410 million on December 1, 2025, under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to enhance FMCSA's mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses in Kansas and Iowa through fusion, analysis, and reporting of crash and inspection data.

The project fuses state-level crash data, FMCSA inspection data, and other reportable data sources from the Kansas Department of Transportation and Iowa Department of Transportation to create tools, modeling procedures, and visualizations that make enforcement more efficient. The award runs through September 30, 2028, with performance occurring in Kansas. Iowa State University of Science and Technology serves as a sub-grantee under a sub-award executed May 1, 2026, contributing specialized expertise to leverage big data to improve commercial motor vehicle safety.

This project proposes to enhance fmcsa's mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses in both kansas and iowa through the fusion, analyses, and reporting of crash and inspection data. Fusing state-level crash data, fmcsa inspection data, and any other useful data sources that may or may not be reported to the kansas DOT and iowa DOT to create tools, modeling procedures, and visualizations that make enforcement more efficient.