Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2018)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* | Calendar Year 2016* | Calendar Year 2017* | Calendar Year 2018* (Jan 1 - Jun 30, 2018) |
CRASHES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 167,454 | 170,169 | 88,406 |
Large Trucks | 151,274 | 153,663 | 79,828 |
Buses | 16,733 | 17,027 | 8,909 |
FATALITIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 4,952 | 4,879 | 2,239 |
Large Trucks | 4,655 | 4,617 | 2,128 |
Buses | 327 | 278 | 124 |
INJURIES | |||
• Large Trucks and Buses | 92,322 | 92,702 | 46,406 |
Large Trucks | 75,648 | 75,420 | 38,029 |
Buses | 17,967 | 18,196 | 9,007 |
*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 2016 | Fiscal Year 2017 | Fiscal Year 2018 (Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018) | ||||||
Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | Federal | State | Total | |
• Warning Letters | 34,670 | 28,293 | 30,476 | ||||||
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Investigations Performed | 7,805 | 6,272 | 14,077 | 8,521 | 6,402 | 14,923 | 8,234 | 6,125 | 14,359 |
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations | 782 | 804 | 1,586 | 726 | 791 | 1,517 | 631 | 833 | 1,464 |
Household Goods Investigations | 165 | 10 | 175 | 177 | 12 | 189 | 155 | 16 | 171 |
Passenger Carrier Investigations | 836 | 429 | 1,265 | 1,177 | 417 | 1,594 | 884 | 299 | 1,183 |
Motorcoach Investigations | 725 | 223 | 948 | 1,029 | 193 | 1,222 | 759 | 170 | 929 |
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS | |||||||||
• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations | 7,136 | 5,759 | 12,895 | 7,152 | 5,476 | 12,628 | 6,731 | 5,423 | 12,154 |
• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.85 |
• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations | 47,537 | 31,989 | 79,526 | 50,041 | 33,947 | 83,988 | 47,032 | 32,643 | 79,675 |
• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation | 6.09 | 5.10 | 5.65 | 5.87 | 5.30 | 5.63 | 5.71 | 5.33 | 5.55 |
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS | |||||||||
• Notice of Claims (NOC)* | 4,345 | 624 | 4,969 | 4,363 | 724 | 5,087 | 3,773 | 589 | 4,362 |
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued | 55.7% | 10.0% | 35.3% | 51.2% | 11.3% | 34.1% | 45.8% | 9.6% | 30.4% |
• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders | 710 | 624 | 563 | ||||||
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders | 5.0% | 4.2% | 3.9% | ||||||
• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders | 1,374 | 1,277 | 1,311 | ||||||
• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| • Conditional Ratings Issued | 3,062 | 2,927 | 2,919 | ||||||
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS | |||||||||
• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) | 38,109 (81.5%) | 35,893 (89.4%) | 36,563 (93.6%) | ||||||
• New Entrant Pass Rate | 88.3% | 89.2% | 89.8% | ||||||
• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) | 13,085 | 12,504 | 12,338 | ||||||
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS | |||||||||
Total Truck and Bus Inspections | 3,419,171 | 3,415,933 | 3,526,838 | ||||||
• Trucks | 111,075 | 3,184,322 | 3,295,397 | 106,525 | 3,189,869 | 3,296,394 | 113,110 | 3,294,533 | 3,407,643 |
HM Trucks | 6,294 | 193,919 | 200,213 | 6,413 | 191,301 | 197,714 | 6,304 | 194,337 | 200,641 |
• Buses | 13,307 | 110,467 | 123,774 | 12,734 | 106,805 | 119,539 | 11,133 | 108,062 | 119,195 |
Motorcoaches | 10,449 | 21,493 | 31,942 | 10,191 | 18,880 | 29,071 | 8,923 | 19,427 | 28,350 |
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | Driver | Vehicle | |||
• Total Number of Truck Inspections | 3,247,620 | 2,245,948 | 3,254,812 | 2,254,870 | 3,364,127 | 2,316,201 | |||
• Total Number of Bus Inspections | 53,619 | 102,694 | 49,654 | 100,141 | 50,181 | 99,003 | |||
• Truck OOS Rate | 4.9% | 20.7% | 5.1% | 21.2% | 4.8% | 21.5% | |||
• Bus OOS Rate | 4.3% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 6.5% | 5.0% | 6.5% | |||
*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 October 26, 2018.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 26, 2018.