Help FMCSA understand the real cost of truck crashes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is reviewing the adequacy of current minimum insurance requirements for commercial motor carriers — minimums that have not been raised since 1985. FMCSA has requested data on actual settlements and verdicts in truck crash cases.
If your firm has handled cases involving injuries or deaths caused by a commercial motor carrier, your data can directly inform this federal review. Contributing takes just a few minutes per case.
Submit Your Case DataAre you a motor carrier? Enter your data here.
Your data stays confidential
Case data is identified only by a Respondent ID you generate yourself — your clients' names are never collected, and case numbers are anonymized before any analysis is shared. After submitting, you can optionally register your firm so the project team can verify submissions; your firm's name is never published unless you expressly allow it.
What we're collecting
For each case: the year of the crash and of final resolution, the state, the number of injuries and fatalities, the motor carrier's insurance limit, the total settlement or verdict amount, and the economic loss. That's it — ten quick fields per case.
Why it matters
When catastrophic losses exceed a carrier's insurance limits, injured people and families are left undercompensated and costs shift to the public. Real settlement and verdict data is the strongest evidence for whether current minimums are adequate.
Prefer a spreadsheet? Download the Excel template, fill it out, and upload it on the submission page — or skip it and enter your cases directly online.