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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
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Calendar Year 2014
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Calendar Year 2015*
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Calendar Year 2016*
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CRASHES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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155,477
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161,034 | 165,536 |
Large Trucks
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140,115
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145,282 | 149,658 |
Buses
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15,900
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16,306 | 16,420 |
FATALITIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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4,505
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4,718
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4,660
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Large Trucks
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4,231
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4,415
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4,389
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Buses
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302
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326
|
288
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INJURIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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88,341
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89,085
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91,088
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Large Trucks
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71,586
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72,836
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74,798
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Buses
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17,913
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17,344
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17,542
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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 2015
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Fiscal Year 2016
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Fiscal Year 2017
(Oct 1, 2016-Mar 31, 2017) |
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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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20,463
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34,670
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13,497
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Investigations Performed*
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8,148
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6,452 | 14,600 | 7,804 | 6,269 | 14,073 | 3,971 | 3,155 | 7,126 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
|
681
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766 | 1,447 | 782 | 803 | 1,585 | 359 | 391 | 750 |
Household Goods Investigations
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162
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13 | 175 | 165 | 10 | 175 |
90
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7 | 97 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations
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917
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334 | 1,251 | 836 | 428 | 1,264 | 460 | 177 | 637 |
Motorcoach Investigations
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804
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163 | 967 | 725 | 223 | 948 | 408 | 88 | 496 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS**
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• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations
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7,064
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5,996 | 13,060 | 7,178 | 5,776 | 12,954 | 3,573 | 2,632 | 6,205 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation
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0.87
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0.93
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0.89 | 0.92 |
0.92
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0.92 |
0.90
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0.83
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0.87 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations
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49,395
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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
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6.06
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4.91 | 5.55 | 6.09 | 5.10 | 5.65 | 6.12 | 5.26 | 5.74 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
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• Notice of Claims (NOC)***
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5,066
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4,970
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2,394
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Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
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34.7%
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35.3%
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33.6%
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• Notice of Violations (NOV)
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59
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68
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27
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• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
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636
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704
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296
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
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4.4%
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5.0%
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4.2%
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• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
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1,130
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1,366
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666
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• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
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7
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9
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3
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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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39,920
(77.0%) |
38,108
(82.1%) |
17,742
(90.2%) |
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• New Entrant Pass Rate
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84.1%
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88.2%
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89.1%
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• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
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17,469
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13,085
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6,569
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections
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3,384,362
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3,418,424
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1,636,521
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• Trucks
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120,624
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3,141,785 | 3,262,409 |
110,651
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3,184,040
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3,294,691 |
47,753
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1,532,742
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1,580,495 |
HM Trucks
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5,983
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185,003
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190,986 |
6,251
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193,899
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200,150 |
2,487
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95,064 | 97,551 |
• Buses
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10,003
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111,950
|
121,953 |
13,281
|
110,452
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123,733 |
6,060
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49,966
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56,026 |
Motorcoaches
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7,589 |
23,818
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31,407 |
10,427
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21,489
|
31,916 |
4,915
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8,160
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13,075 |
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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3,210,252
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2,206,771
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3,246,929
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2,245,357
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1,561,816
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1,069,972
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• Total Number of Bus Inspections
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54,346
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102,670
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53,596
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102,658
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23,486
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47,066
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• Truck OOS Rate
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4.9%
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20.9%
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4.9%
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20.7%
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4.9%
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20.6%
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• Bus OOS Rate
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4.7%
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7.2%
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4.3%
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6.7%
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4.5%
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6.0%
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*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.