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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-Mar 31, 2018)
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CRASHES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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167,414
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169,666 | 44,830 |
Large Trucks
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151,246 | 153,254 | 40,249 |
Buses
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16,720
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16,931 | 4,746 |
FATALITIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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4,952
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4,844 | 1,055 |
Large Trucks
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4,655 | 4,586 |
1,002
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Buses
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327 |
274
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59
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INJURIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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92,298 | 92,382 |
22,755
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Large Trucks
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75,631 | 75,190 |
18,349
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Buses
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17,957
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18,105 |
4,681
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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 2016
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Fiscal Year 2017
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Fiscal Year 2018
(Oct 1, 2017-Jun 30, 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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34,670
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28,293
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23,003
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Investigations Performed
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7,805
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6,272 | 14,077 | 8,521 | 6,401 | 14,922 | 6,125 | 4,547 | 10,672 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
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782
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804 | 1,586 | 726 | 790 | 1,516 | 485 | 630 | 1,115 |
Household Goods Investigations
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165
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10 | 175 | 177 | 12 | 189 |
119
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12 | 131 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations
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836
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429 | 1,265 | 1,177 | 417 | 1,594 | 662 | 201 | 863 |
Motorcoach Investigations
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725
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223 | 948 | 1,029 | 193 | 1,222 | 577 | 112 | 689 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations
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7,147
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5,767 | 12,914 | 7,181 | 5,476 | 12,657 | 5,022 | 3,981 | 9,003 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation
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0.92
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0.92
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0.92 | 0.84 |
0.86
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0.85 |
0.82
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0.88
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0.84 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations
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47,526
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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
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6.09
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5.10 | 5.65 | 5.87 | 5.30 | 5.63 | 5.87 | 5.37 | 5.66 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
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Federal | State | Federal | State | Federal | State | |||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)*
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4,345
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624 |
4,363
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724 |
2,851
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456 | |||
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
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55.7%
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10.0% |
51.2%
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11.3% |
46.6%
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10.0% | |||
• Notice of Violations (NOV)
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68
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111
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171
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• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
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709
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624
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423
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
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5.0%
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4.2%
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4.0%
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• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
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1,371
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1,278
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1,022
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• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
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9
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4
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4
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
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• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time)
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38,109
(81.6%) |
35,893
(89.5%) |
26,769
(94.1%) |
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• New Entrant Pass Rate
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88.3%
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89.2%
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90.3%
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• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
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13,085
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12,504
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8,939
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections
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3,419,101
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3,415,819
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2,623,206
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• Trucks
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111,074
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3,184,256 | 3,295,330 |
106,494
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3,189,816
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3,296,310 |
87,682
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2,446,932
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2,534,614 |
HM Trucks
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6,294
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193,917
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200,211 |
6,409
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191,300
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197,709 |
4,896
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145,342 | 150,238 |
• Buses
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13,306
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110,465
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123,771 |
12,734
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106,775
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119,509 |
8,570
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80,022
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88,592 |
Motorcoaches
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10,448 |
21,493
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31,941 |
10,191
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18,880
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29,071 |
6,854
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13,811
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20,665 |
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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3,247,543
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2,245,893
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3,254,652
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2,254,839
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2,504,214
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1,729,394
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• Total Number of Bus Inspections
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53,618
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102,691
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49,624
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100,121
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36,526
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74,304
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• Truck OOS Rate
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4.9%
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20.6%
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5.1%
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21.2%
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4.7%
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21.3%
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• Bus OOS Rate
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4.3%
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6.7%
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4.8%
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6.5%
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4.9%
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6.4%
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*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.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of July 27, 2018.