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)
PROGRAM OUTPUTS	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.