Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2018)

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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*	Calendar Year 2016*	Calendar Year 2017*	Calendar Year 2018* (Jan 1-Mar 31, 2018)
CRASHES
• Large Trucks and Buses	167,414	169,666	44,830
Large Trucks	151,246	153,254	40,249
Buses	16,720	16,931	4,746
FATALITIES
• Large Trucks and Buses	4,952	4,844	1,055
Large Trucks	4,655	4,586	1,002
Buses	327	274	59
INJURIES
• Large Trucks and Buses	92,298	92,382	22,755
Large Trucks	75,631	75,190	18,349
Buses	17,957	18,105	4,681

*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 2016			Fiscal Year 2017			Fiscal Year 2018 (Oct 1, 2017-Jun 30, 2018)
PROGRAM OUTPUTS	Federal	State	Total	Federal	State	Total	Federal	State	Total
• Warning Letters	34,670			28,293			23,003
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
• Total Investigations Performed	7,805	6,272	14,077	8,521	6,401	14,922	6,125	4,547	10,672
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations	782	804	1,586	726	790	1,516	485	630	1,115
Household Goods Investigations	165	10	175	177	12	189	119	12	131
Passenger Carrier Investigations	836	429	1,265	1,177	417	1,594	662	201	863
Motorcoach Investigations	725	223	948	1,029	193	1,222	577	112	689
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations	7,147	5,767	12,914	7,181	5,476	12,657	5,022	3,981	9,003
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.84	0.86	0.85	0.82	0.88	0.84
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations	47,526	31,981	79,507	50,012	33,931	83,943	35,976	24,407	60,383
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation	6.09	5.10	5.65	5.87	5.30	5.63	5.87	5.37	5.66
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS	Federal	State		Federal	State		Federal	State
• Notice of Claims (NOC)*	4,345	624		4,363	724		2,851	456
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued	55.7%	10.0%		51.2%	11.3%		46.6%	10.0%
• Notice of Violations (NOV)	68			111			171
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders	709			624			423
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders	5.0%			4.2%			4.0%
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders	1,371			1,278			1,022
• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders	9			4			4
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time)	38,109 (81.6%)			35,893 (89.5%)			26,769 (94.1%)
• New Entrant Pass Rate	88.3%			89.2%			90.3%
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)	13,085			12,504			8,939
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections	3,419,101			3,415,819			2,623,206
• Trucks	111,074	3,184,256	3,295,330	106,494	3,189,816	3,296,310	87,682	2,446,932	2,534,614
HM Trucks	6,294	193,917	200,211	6,409	191,300	197,709	4,896	145,342	150,238
• Buses	13,306	110,465	123,771	12,734	106,775	119,509	8,570	80,022	88,592
Motorcoaches	10,448	21,493	31,941	10,191	18,880	29,071	6,854	13,811	20,665
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES	Driver	Vehicle		Driver	Vehicle		Driver	Vehicle
• Total Number of Truck Inspections	3,247,543	2,245,893		3,254,652	2,254,839		2,504,214	1,729,394
• Total Number of Bus Inspections	53,618	102,691		49,624	100,121		36,526	74,304
• Truck OOS Rate	4.9%	20.6%		5.1%	21.2%		4.7%	21.3%
• Bus OOS Rate	4.3%	6.7%		4.8%	6.5%		4.9%	6.4%

*Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of July 27, 2018.