ATRI seeks carrier data on new entrant driver training and safety
Key takeaways
- ATRI is collecting fleet data to study how new entrant driver training impacts safety and retention.
- Carriers with 25-plus new entrants since 2022 are eligible to participate in the study.
- Results will assess the effectiveness of FMCSA’s entry-level driver training requirements.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is calling on motor carriers to take part in a new study examining how driver training impacts safety and retention. The project updates ATRI’s 2008 research and will evaluate the effectiveness of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) entry-level driver training requirements.
Carriers that have hired at least 25 new entrants since March 2022 are eligible to participate. For this study, “new entrants” are defined as CDL holders with three weeks to 24 months of professional driving experience whose first job was with the reporting carrier.
The fleets participating in the study will provide data on demographics, safety events, crashes, select violations, and telematics, as well as training and retention averages such as trainer drive time and home time. All information will remain confidential, anonymized, and published only in aggregate form, with ATRI prepared to sign NDAs where needed.
Carriers interested in contributing can complete ATRI’s motor carrier questionnaire here.
