Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2016)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* | Calendar Year 2014* | Calendar Year 2015* | Calendar Year 2016* (Jan 1, 2016-Jun 30, 2016) |
CRASHES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 155,419 | 159,406 | 78,341 |
Large Trucks | 140,092 | 143,830 | 70,293 |
Buses | 15,864 | 16,126 | 8,309 |
FATALITIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 4,507 | 4,647 | 2,021 |
Large Trucks | 4,234 | 4,358 | 1,905 |
Buses | 301 | 312 | 123 |
INJURIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 88,259 | 88,178 | 42,719 |
Large Trucks | 71,580 | 72,119 | 34,594 |
Buses | 17,836 | 17,148 | 8,718 |
*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 2014 | Fiscal Year 2015 | Fiscal Year 2016 (Oct 1, 2015-Sep 30, 2016) | ||||||
Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | |
• Warning Letters | 20,546 | 20,463 | 34,670 | ||||||
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Investigations Performed | 7,578 | 7,352 | 14,930 | 8,186 | 6,483 | 14,669 | 7,836 | 8,869 | 16,705 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations | 625 | 771 | 1,396 | 681 | 766 | 1,447 | 781 | 803 | 1,584 |
Household Goods Investigations | 158 | 13 | 171 | 164 | 13 | 177 | 168 | 10 | 178 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations* | 1,029 | 362 | 1,391 | 918 | 336 | 1,254 | 836 | 1,131 | 1,967 |
Motorcoach Investigations* | 843 | 153 | 996 | 805 | 165 | 970 | 725 | 348 | 1,073 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations | 6,256 | 6,858 | 13,114 | 7,020 | 6,229 | 13,249 | 7,220 | 6,329 | 13,549 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.71 | 0.81 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations | 45,600 | 32,648 | 78,248 | 49,564 | 31,519 | 81,083 | 47,504 | 37,474 | 84,978 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation | 6.02 | 4.44 | 5.24 | 6.05 | 4.86 | 5.53 | 6.06 | 4.23 | 5.09 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS | |||||||||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)** | 4,584 | 5,066 | 4,974 | ||||||
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued | 30.70% | 34.54% | 29.78% | ||||||
• Notice of Violations (NOV) | 86 | 59 | 68 | ||||||
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 686 | 633 | 694 | ||||||
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders | 4.59% | 4.32% | 4.15% | ||||||
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,258 | 1,128 | 1,363 | ||||||
• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders | 36 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS*** | |||||||||
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) | 37,641 (85.47%) | 39,919 (77.19%) | 38,076 (82.85%) | ||||||
• New Entrant Pass Rate | 83.1% | 84.1% | 88.2% | ||||||
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) | 17,981 | 17,469 | 13,083 | ||||||
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | |||||||||
Total Truck and Bus Inspections | 3,437,810 | 3,384,064 | 3,413,326 | ||||||
• Trucks | 122,082 | 3,193,868 | 3,315,950 | 120,615 | 3,141,494 | 3,262,109 | 110,077 | 3,180,283 | 3,290,360 |
HM Trucks | 5,619 | 192,559 | 198,178 | 5,981 | 184,999 | 190,980 | 6,182 | 193,679 | 199,861 |
• Buses | 10,312 | 111,548 | 121,860 | 10,003 | 111,952 | 121,955 | 13,175 | 109,791 | 122,966 |
Motorcoaches | 7,838 | 25,202 | 33,040 | 7,589 | 23,818 | 31,407 | 10,355 | 21,396 | 31,751 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | |||
• Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,264,561 | 2,265,214 | 3,209,960 | 2,206,647 | 3,242,935 | 2,242,230 | |||
• Total Number of Bus Inspections | 55,297 | 103,009 | 54,345 | 102,672 | 53,367 | 101,968 | |||
• Truck OOS Rate | 5.0% | 20.8% | 4.9% | 20.9% | 4.9% | 20.7% | |||
• Bus OOS Rate | 4.9% | 7.3% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 6.7% |
*Passenger carrier and motorcoach investigation data have been changed to be based on the SMS definition at time of review. **Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection. ***New Entrant Safety Audits 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 October 28, 2016. |