March 4, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To direct the United States Postal Service to issue regulations requiring Postal Service employees and contractors to report to the Postal Service traffic crashes involving vehicles carrying mail that result in injury or death, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Regulations on traffic crash deaths and injuries involving vehicles transporting mail
(a) In general
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General of the Postal Service shall issue regulations to require the collection, tracking, and public reporting of information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. Such regulations shall establish appropriate mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance with the reporting requirements of this Act and may utilize existing reporting mechanisms in use at the time of enactment of this Act.
(b) Reports on crashes
(1) Employees
Any employee of the Postal Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involving the vehicle the employee was operating during such transportation that resulted in injury or death not later than three days after such crash.
(2) Contractors
Any contractor (of any tier) of the Postal Service engaged in the transportation of mail shall report to the Postal Service any traffic crash involving the vehicle the contractor was operating during such transportation that resulted in injury or death not later than three days after such crash.
(3) Contents
Any report submitted under paragraph (1) or (2) shall include detailed information describing, at a minimum, the crash, including the date, time, location, nature of the crash, information identifying the contractor, number of injuries, fatalities, and any contributing factors to the crash. An employee or contractor (as the case may be) shall update the report, in such form and manner as the Postal Service deems appropriate, to reflect any change in crash-caused injuries or fatalities.
(4) Accommodations in event of injury
The Postal Service shall provide for procedures under which reports may be submitted under this subsection under an alternative deadline in the event a Postal Service employee or contractor is unable to submit a report due to serious injury resulting from the applicable crash.
(5) Standard form
The Postmaster General shall create a standard form available to Postal Service employees and contractors for the purposes of submitting reports under this subsection.
(c) Database
(1) In general
The Postal Service shall maintain a continuously updated internal digital database that includes comprehensive information related to deaths and injuries from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.
(2) Contents
The database shall include any information provided by Postal Service employees and contractors under subsection (b).
(d) Report
(1) In general
The Postal Service shall make available to the public an annual report summarizing information related to deaths and injuries from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.
(2) Contents
The report shall include aggregated statistics, trends, and analysis to enhance transparency and accountability.
(3) Privacy
Information in the report shall be made available to the public in a manner that does not personally identify any Postal Service employee, contractor, or any other individual.
(e) Penalties
Any Postal Service contractor who fails to report a traffic crash within the deadline prescribed under subsection (b) shall be subject to appropriate penalties as determined appropriate by the Postal Service, including fines, suspension of contracts, or termination of contracts. The Postal Service may take into account the severity of the applicable traffic crash and the frequency of noncompliance with the requirements of this Act by the applicable Postal Service contractor when determining which penalty to apply (if any).
(f) Crash defined
In this Act, the term crash
—
(1)
means an occurrence involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a highway in interstate or intrastate commerce which results in—
(A)
a fatality;
(B)
bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or
(C)
one or more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring at least one of the motor vehicle to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle; and
(2)
does not include—
(A)
an occurrence involving only boarding and alighting from a stationary motor vehicle; or
(B)
an occurrence involving only the loading or unloading of cargo.