Freight Facts and Figures 2013

Table 3-9. Commercial Vehicle Weight Enforcement Activities: 2005-2012 (Historical)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
All weighs	230,464,926	229,450,656	217,444,117	200,419,382	182,256,996	198,564,690	185,498,220	189,743,150
Weigh-in-motion	136,380,657	142,598,736	132,257,618	119,826,305	116,176,399	118,025,789	119,718,032	116,640,351
Static weighs¹	94,084,269	86,851,920	85,186,499	80,593,077	66,080,597	80,538,901	65,780,188	73,102,799
Semiportable scales	493,574	422,860	425,731	357,502	373,073	285,484	323,936	278,308
Fixed scales	93,038,479	85,900,007	84,213,507	79,644,702	65,182,174	79,703,573	64,922,321	72,258,822
Portable scales	552,216	529,053	547,261	590,873	525,350	549,844	533,931	565,669
Violations²	567,949	621,391	530,350	555,168	489,975	478,576	415,545	408,492
Axle weight violations	275,442	269,758	233,563	248,813	220,631	216,735	178,209	179,774
Gross weight violations	118,328	149,561	126,761	120,384	116,291	114,171	84,490	91,006
Bridge weight violations	174,179	202,072	170,026	185,971	153,053	147,670	152,846	137,712
Permits³	3,625,898	4,598,227	4,827,668	5,215,724	4,528,654	4,838,663	4,944,334	4,918,118
Non-divisible trip permits	2,711,500	3,399,435	3,743,323	3,693,248	3,285,801	3,510,301	3,762,553	3,878,031
Non-divisible annual permits	233,160	250,505	332,148	322,288	298,805	303,230	320,767	296,870
Divisible trip permits	288,145	426,381	398,003	489,712	369,906	341,737	334,650	201,633
Divisible annual permits	393,093	521,906	354,194	710,476	574,142	683,395	526,364	541,584

¹ Static weighs include the total number of vehicles weighed from semiportable, portable, and fixed scales..

² Violations include those from axle, gross, and bridge formula weight limits.

³ Permits issued are for divisible and non-divisible loads on a trip or on an annual basis, as well as for the over-width movement of a divisible load.

Note:

Incomplete data from District of Columbia (2008), Hawaii (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), Massachusetts (2010), New Hampshire (2011) Pennsylvania (2006), South Dakota (2006 and 2007), and Vermont (2011).

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Annual State Certifications of Size and Weight Enforcement on Federal-aid Highways, as prescribed under CFR Part 657, October 5, 2013.

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