Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2017)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* | Calendar Year 2015 | Calendar Year 2016* | Calendar Year 2017* (Jan 1, 2017-Jun 30, 2017) |
CRASHES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 161,078 | 166,353 | 78,894 |
Large Trucks | 145,324 | 150,365 | 71,130 |
Buses | 16,308 | 16,536 | 8,001 |
FATALITIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 4,720 | 4,736 | 2,206 |
Large Trucks | 4,418 | 4,451 | 2,084 |
Buses | 325 | 302 | 130 |
INJURIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 89,080 | 91,618 | 42,781 |
Large Trucks | 72,876 | 75,141 | 34,447 |
Buses | 17,299 | 17,736 | 8,780 |
*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-Sep 30, 2017) | ||||||
Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | |
• Warning Letters | 20,463 | 34,670 | 28,293 | ||||||
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Investigations Performed* | 8,148 | 6,452 | 14,600 | 7,805 | 6,271 | 14,076 | 8,513 | 6,385 | 14,898 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations | 681 | 766 | 1,447 | 782 | 804 | 1,586 | 726 | 788 | 1,514 |
Household Goods Investigations | 162 | 13 | 175 | 165 | 10 | 175 | 177 | 12 | 189 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations | 916 | 334 | 1,250 | 836 | 428 | 1,264 | 1,177 | 415 | 1,592 |
Motorcoach Investigations | 803 | 163 | 966 | 725 | 223 | 948 | 1,029 | 195 | 1,224 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS** | |||||||||
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations | 7,064 | 5,996 | 13,060 | 7,176 | 5,775 | 12,951 | 7,234 | 5,479 | 12,713 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.85 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations | 49,395 | 31,672 | 81,067 | 47,497 | 31,971 | 79,468 | 49,929 | 33,854 | 83,783 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS | |||||||||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)*** | 5,066 | 4,970 | 5,089 | ||||||
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued | 34.7% | 35.3% | 34.2% | ||||||
• Notice of Violations (NOV) | 59 | 68 | 108 | ||||||
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 637 | 707 | 617 | ||||||
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.1% | ||||||
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,132 | 1,369 | 1,276 | ||||||
• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders | 7 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS**** | |||||||||
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) | 39,920 (76.9%) | 38,110 (81.8%) | 35,851 (90.6%) | ||||||
• New Entrant Pass Rate | 84.1% | 88.2% | 89.2% | ||||||
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) | 17,472 | 13,085 | 12,503 | ||||||
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS | |||||||||
Total Truck and Bus Inspections | 3,384,356 | 3,418,881 | 3,401,641 | ||||||
• Trucks | 120,624 | 3,141,779 | 3,262,403 | 110,911 | 3,184,213 | 3,295,124 | 98,080 | 3,185,244 | 3,283,324 |
HM Trucks | 5,983 | 185,003 | 190,986 | 6,272 | 193,915 | 200,187 | 5,930 | 191,045 | 196,975 |
• Buses | 10,003 | 111,950 | 121,953 | 13,293 | 110,464 | 123,757 | 11,813 | 106,504 | 118,317 |
Motorcoaches | 7,589 | 23,818 | 31,407 | 10,436 | 21,493 | 31,929 | 9,477 | 18,844 | 28,321 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | |||
• Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,210,251 | 2,206,771 | 3,247,343 | 2,245,707 | 3,241,920 | 2,244,980 | |||
• Total Number of Bus Inspections | 54,346 | 102,670 | 53,615 | 102,677 | 48,855 | 99,193 | |||
• Truck OOS Rate | 4.9% | 20.9% | 4.9% | 20.7% | 5.1% | 21.2% | |||
• Bus OOS Rate | 4.7% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 6.7% | 4.8% | 6.5% | |||
*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 October 27, 2017.