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)
PROGRAM OUTPUTS	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.

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of July 28, 2017.