Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2017)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* | Calendar Year 2015 | Calendar Year 2016* | Calendar Year 2017* (Jan 1, 2017-Mar 31, 2017) |
CRASHES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 161,064 | 165,966 | 39,781 |
Large Trucks | 145,310 | 150,033 | 35,637 |
Buses | 16,308 | 16,476 | 4,260 |
FATALITIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 4,726 | 4,702 | 1,047 |
Large Trucks | 4,423 | 4,422 | 978 |
Buses | 326 | 297 | 74 |
INJURIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 89,104 | 91,328 | 21,133 |
Large Trucks | 72,850 | 74,957 | 16,695 |
Buses | 17,349 | 17,624 | 4,708 |
*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 | Fiscal Year 2015 | Fiscal Year 2016 | Fiscal Year 2017 (Oct 1, 2016-Jun 30, 2017) | ||||||
Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | |
• Warning Letters | 20,463 | 34,670 | 21,047 | ||||||
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Investigations Performed* | 8,148 | 6,452 | 14,600 | 7,805 | 6,271 | 14,076 | 6,277 | 4,762 | 11,039 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations | 681 | 766 | 1,447 | 782 | 804 | 1,586 | 554 | 590 | 1,144 |
Household Goods Investigations | 162 | 13 | 175 | 165 | 10 | 175 | 140 | 10 | 150 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations | 917 | 334 | 1,251 | 836 | 428 | 1,264 | 853 | 295 | 1,148 |
Motorcoach Investigations | 804 | 163 | 967 | 725 | 223 | 948 | 752 | 156 | 908 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS** | |||||||||
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations | 7,064 | 5,996 | 13,060 | 7,176 | 5,776 | 12,952 | 5,378 | 3,979 | 9,357 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.85 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations | 49,395 | 31,672 | 81,067 | 47,497 | 31,998 | 79,495 | 37,399 | 25,462 | 62,861 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation | 6.06 | 4.91 | 5.55 | 6.09 | 5.10 | 5.65 | 5.96 | 5.35 | 5.70 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS | |||||||||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)*** | 5,066 | 4,970 | 3,692 | ||||||
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued | 34.7% | 35.3% | 33.4% | ||||||
• Notice of Violations (NOV) | 59 | 68 | 62 | ||||||
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 637 | 705 | 450 | ||||||
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.1% | ||||||
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,132 | 1,368 | 937 | ||||||
• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS**** | |||||||||
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) | 39,920 (77.0%) | 38,110 (81.9%) | 21,171 (90.3%) | ||||||
• New Entrant Pass Rate | 84.1% | 88.2% | 89.3% | ||||||
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) | 17,470 | 13,085 | 9,695 | ||||||
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | |||||||||
Total Truck and Bus Inspections | 3,384,358 | 3,418,659 | 2,534,138 | ||||||
• Trucks | 120,624 | 3,141,781 | 3,262,405 | 110,744 | 3,184,161 | 3,294,905 | 74,254 | 2,370,873 | 2,445,127 |
HM Trucks | 5,983 | 185,003 | 190,986 | 6,259 | 193,905 | 200,164 | 4,488 | 144,481 | 148,969 |
• Buses | 10,003 | 111,950 | 121,953 | 13,292 | 110,462 | 123,754 | 9,291 | 79,720 | 89,011 |
Motorcoaches | 7,589 | 23,818 | 31,407 | 10,435 | 21,492 | 31,927 | 7,443 | 13,206 | 20,649 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | |||
• Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,210,256 | 2,206,776 | 3,247,133 | 2,245,512 | 2,414,313 | 1,677,992 | |||
• Total Number of Bus Inspections | 54,346 | 102,670 | 53,612 | 102,675 | 36,250 | 74,931 | |||
• Truck OOS Rate | 4.9% | 20.9% | 4.9% | 20.7% | 5.0% | 21.0% | |||
• Bus OOS Rate | 4.7% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 6.5% | |||
*Excludes terminal reviews. The counts will be different from prior reports.
**Methodology for counting acute/critical violations has been modified. The counts will be different from prior reports.
***Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection.
****New Entrant Safety Audit counts include both offsite and onsite safety audits. The counts will be different from prior reports.
**Methodology for counting acute/critical violations has been modified. The counts will be different from prior reports.
***Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection.
****New Entrant Safety Audit counts include both offsite and onsite safety audits. The counts will be different from prior reports.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of July 28, 2017.