Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of December 31, 2019)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2017* |
CY 2018* |
CY 2019* (Jan 1, 2019 – Sept 30, 2019) |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
171,337 |
182,008 |
128,739 |
Large Trucks |
154,688 |
164,925 |
116,904 |
Buses |
17,212 |
17,718 |
12,284 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,124 |
5,216 |
3,543 |
Large Trucks |
4,858 |
4,946 |
3,372 |
Buses |
284 |
312 |
194 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
93,475 |
97,272 |
68,851 |
Large Trucks |
76,012 |
80,150 |
57,330 |
Buses |
18,387 |
18,384 |
12,372 |
*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 |
FY 2018 |
FY 2019 |
FY 2020 (Oct 01, 2019-Dec 31, 2019 |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
30,476 |
26,379 |
6,539 |
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Investigations Performed |
8,239 |
6,135 |
14,374 |
7,609 |
5,482 |
13,091 |
1,828 |
1,300 |
3,128 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
632 |
832 |
1,464 |
596 |
757 |
1,353 |
146 |
196 |
342 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
155 |
17 |
172 |
131 |
8 |
139 |
28 |
7 |
35 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
885 |
299 |
1,184 |
868 |
260 |
1,128 |
183 |
58 |
241 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
760 |
170 |
930 |
763 |
152 |
915 |
165 |
38 |
203 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
6,759 |
5,388 |
12,147 |
6,304 |
5,262 |
11,566 |
1,502 |
1,251 |
2,753 |
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● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation |
0.82 |
0.88 |
0.85 |
0.83 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
0.82 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
47,030 |
32,706 |
79,736 |
39,896 |
28,396 |
68,292 |
8,728 |
6,352 |
15,080 |
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● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violation per Investigation |
5.71 |
5.33 |
5.55 |
5.24 |
5.18 |
5.22 |
4.77 |
4.89 |
4.82 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
3,771 |
589 |
4,360 |
3,188 |
455 |
3,643 |
660 |
98 |
758 |
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Percent Investigations with |
45.8% |
9.6% |
30.3% |
41.9% |
8.3% |
27.8% |
36.1% |
7.5% |
24.2% |
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● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders |
570 |
570 |
101 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
4.0% |
4.4% |
3.2% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,324 |
1,179 |
269 |
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● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
2,925 |
2,610 |
603 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
36,758 (92.14%) |
39,486 (90.47%) |
9,797 (91.04%) |
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● New Entrant Pass Rate |
89.8% |
88.2% |
88.9% |
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● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, |
12,338 |
14,360 |
3,993 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
3,533,742 |
3,469,656 |
795,090 |
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● Trucks |
115,466 |
3,298,448 |
3,413,914 |
99,271 |
3,251,504 |
3,350,775 |
21,422 |
747,977 |
769,399 |
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HM Trucks |
6,464 |
194,585 |
201,049 |
6,307 |
199,563 |
205,807 |
1,307 |
42,788 |
44,095 |
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● Buses |
11,339 |
108,489 |
119,828 |
11,773 |
107,108 |
118,881 |
2,737 |
22,954 |
25,691 |
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Motorcoaches |
9,078 |
19,450 |
28,528 |
9,455 |
17,916 |
27,371 |
2,378 |
3,696 |
6,074 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,370,101 |
2,320,989 |
3,307,542 |
2,286,767 |
757,875 |
521,790 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
50,435 |
99,557 |
49,535 |
99,378 |
10,205 |
21,661 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
4.8% |
21.4% |
5.0% |
21.3% |
5.3% |
2.1% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
5.0% |
6.5% |
4.8% |
6.5% |
4.7% |
5.9% |
* 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 January 31, 2020.