Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2017)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* | Calendar Year 2014 | Calendar Year 2015* | Calendar Year 2016* |
CRASHES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 155,477 | 161,034 | 165,536 |
Large Trucks | 140,115 | 145,282 | 149,658 |
Buses | 15,900 | 16,306 | 16,420 |
FATALITIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 4,505 | 4,718 | 4,660 |
Large Trucks | 4,231 | 4,415 | 4,389 |
Buses | 302 | 326 | 288 |
INJURIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 88,341 | 89,085 | 91,088 |
Large Trucks | 71,586 | 72,836 | 74,798 |
Buses | 17,913 | 17,344 | 17,542 |
*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-Mar 31, 2017) | ||||||
Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | |
• Warning Letters | 20,463 | 34,670 | 13,497 | ||||||
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Investigations Performed* | 8,148 | 6,452 | 14,600 | 7,804 | 6,269 | 14,073 | 3,971 | 3,155 | 7,126 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations | 681 | 766 | 1,447 | 782 | 803 | 1,585 | 359 | 391 | 750 |
Household Goods Investigations | 162 | 13 | 175 | 165 | 10 | 175 | 90 | 7 | 97 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations | 917 | 334 | 1,251 | 836 | 428 | 1,264 | 460 | 177 | 637 |
Motorcoach Investigations | 804 | 163 | 967 | 725 | 223 | 948 | 408 | 88 | 496 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS** | |||||||||
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations | 7,064 | 5,996 | 13,060 | 7,178 | 5,776 | 12,954 | 3,573 | 2,632 | 6,205 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.87 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations | 49,395 | 31,672 | 81,067 | 47,504 | 31,967 | 79,471 | 24,293 | 16,594 | 40,887 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation | 6.06 | 4.91 | 5.55 | 6.09 | 5.10 | 5.65 | 6.12 | 5.26 | 5.74 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS | |||||||||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)*** | 5,066 | 4,970 | 2,394 | ||||||
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued | 34.7% | 35.3% | 33.6% | ||||||
• Notice of Violations (NOV) | 59 | 68 | 27 | ||||||
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 636 | 704 | 296 | ||||||
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.2% | ||||||
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,130 | 1,366 | 666 | ||||||
• 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%) | 38,108 (82.1%) | 17,742 (90.2%) | ||||||
• New Entrant Pass Rate | 84.1% | 88.2% | 89.1% | ||||||
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) | 17,469 | 13,085 | 6,569 | ||||||
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | |||||||||
Total Truck and Bus Inspections | 3,384,362 | 3,418,424 | 1,636,521 | ||||||
• Trucks | 120,624 | 3,141,785 | 3,262,409 | 110,651 | 3,184,040 | 3,294,691 | 47,753 | 1,532,742 | 1,580,495 |
HM Trucks | 5,983 | 185,003 | 190,986 | 6,251 | 193,899 | 200,150 | 2,487 | 95,064 | 97,551 |
• Buses | 10,003 | 111,950 | 121,953 | 13,281 | 110,452 | 123,733 | 6,060 | 49,966 | 56,026 |
Motorcoaches | 7,589 | 23,818 | 31,407 | 10,427 | 21,489 | 31,916 | 4,915 | 8,160 | 13,075 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | |||
• Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,210,252 | 2,206,771 | 3,246,929 | 2,245,357 | 1,561,816 | 1,069,972 | |||
• Total Number of Bus Inspections | 54,346 | 102,670 | 53,596 | 102,658 | 23,486 | 47,066 | |||
• Truck OOS Rate | 4.9% | 20.9% | 4.9% | 20.7% | 4.9% | 20.6% | |||
• Bus OOS Rate | 4.7% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 6.7% | 4.5% | 6.0% | |||
*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 April 28, 2017.