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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
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Calendar Year 2016*
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Calendar Year 2017*
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Calendar Year 2018*
(Jan 1-Sep 30, 2018)
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CRASHES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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167,567
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170,645 | 132,116 |
Large Trucks
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151,383 | 154,109 | 120,008 |
Buses
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16,737
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17,058 | 12,561 |
FATALITIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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4,960
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5,057 | 3,535 |
Large Trucks
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4,663 | 4,789 |
3,370
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Buses
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327 |
285
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196
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INJURIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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92,373 | 93,060 |
70,531
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Large Trucks
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75,699 | 75,710 |
58,448
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Buses
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17,967
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18,264 |
12,988
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*States are expected to report crash data to FMCSA within 90 days of the crash. Data are considered preliminary for 22 months to allow for changes.
Note: Individual subtotals may not add to totals due to the potential for double counting (e.g., crashes involving both a truck and bus).
PROGRAM OUTPUTS
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Fiscal Year 2017
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Fiscal Year 2018
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Fiscal Year 2019
(Oct 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018) |
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Federal
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State
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Total |
Federal
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State
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Total |
Federal
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State
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Total | |
• Warning Letters
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28,293
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30,476
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6,354
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Investigations Performed
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8,521
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6,402 | 14,923 | 8,238 | 6,134 | 14,372 | 1,776 | 1,414 | 3,190 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
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726
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791 | 1,517 | 631 | 833 | 1,464 | 142 | 182 | 324 |
Household Goods Investigations
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177
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12 | 189 | 155 | 16 | 171 |
36
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3 | 39 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations
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1,177
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417 | 1,594 | 885 | 299 | 1,184 | 158 | 50 | 208 |
Motorcoach Investigations
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1,029
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193 | 1,222 | 760 | 170 | 930 | 125 | 30 | 155 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations
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7,157
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5,471 | 12,628 | 6,759 | 5,389 | 12,148 | 1,666 | 1,317 | 2,983 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation
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0.84
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0.85
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0.85 | 0.82 |
0.88
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0.85 |
0.94
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0.93
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0.94 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations
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50,036
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33,952 | 83,988 | 47,023 | 32,701 | 79,724 | 10,165 | 7,373 | 17,538 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation
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5.87
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5.30 | 5.63 | 5.71 | 5.33 | 5.55 | 5.72 | 5.21 | 5.50 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
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• Notice of Claims (NOC)*
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4,364
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724 | 5,088 |
3,771
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589 | 4,360 |
801
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128 | 929 |
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
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51.2%
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11.3% | 34.1% |
45.8%
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9.6% | 30.3% |
45.1%
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9.1% | 29.1% |
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
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630
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565
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146
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
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4.2%
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3.9%
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4.6%
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• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
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1,279
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1,314
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266
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• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
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7
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4
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0
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• Conditional Ratings | 2,928 | 2,921 | 700 | ||||||
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
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• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time)
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35,893
(89.3%) |
36,721
(93.0%) |
8,867
(93.7%) |
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• New Entrant Pass Rate
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89.2%
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89.8%
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89.1%
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• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
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12,504
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12,338
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3,323
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections
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3,416,003
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3,532,003
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806,310
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• Trucks
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106,531
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3,189,916 | 3,296,447 |
114,822
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3,297,489
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3,412,311 |
24,388
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755,661
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780,049 |
HM Trucks
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6,415
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191,303
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197,718 |
6,415
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194,541
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200,956 |
1,239
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46,522 | 47,761 |
• Buses
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12,752
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106,804
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119,556 |
11,258
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108,434
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119,692 |
2,419
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23,842
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26,261 |
Motorcoaches
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10,203 |
18,880
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29,083 |
9,021
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19,454
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28,475 |
1,920
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3,898
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5,818 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
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Driver
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Vehicle
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Driver
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Vehicle
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Driver
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Vehicle
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• Total Number of Truck Inspections
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3,254,864
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2,254,896
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3,368,510
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2,319,874
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770,151
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527,131
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• Total Number of Bus Inspections
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49,671
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100,158
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50,350
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99,411
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11,489
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21,318
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• Truck OOS Rate
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5.1%
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21.2%
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4.8%
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21.4%
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4.9%
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21.0%
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• Bus OOS Rate
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4.7%
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6.5%
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5.0%
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6.5%
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4.9%
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6.2%
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*Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection.
Source: All data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of January 25, 2019.
Source: All data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of January 25, 2019.