Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of December 31, 2020)
Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(as of December 31, 2020)
MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2018* |
CY 2019* |
CY 2020* (Jan. 1, 2020–Sept. 30, 2020) |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
184,072 |
181,607 |
110,693 |
Large Trucks |
166,856 |
164,410 |
103,811 |
Buses |
17,861 |
17,845 |
7,138 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,254 |
5,064 |
3,394 |
Large Trucks |
4,984 |
4,808 |
3,260 |
Buses |
312 |
284 |
149 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
98,659 |
97,780 |
55,097 |
Large Trucks |
81,343 |
81,065 |
48,787 |
Buses |
18,628 |
17,922 |
6,647 |
*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 2019 |
FY 2020 |
FY 2021 (Oct. 01, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2020) |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
26,379 |
22,686 |
6,083 |
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS * |
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● Total Investigations Performed |
7,611 |
5,486 |
13,097 |
7,345 |
4,717 |
12,062 |
1,524 |
991 |
2,515 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
596 |
758 |
1,354 |
341 |
505 |
846 |
64 |
88 |
152 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
131 |
8 |
139 |
82 |
10 |
92 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
869 |
260 |
1,129 |
401 |
212 |
613 |
4 |
24 |
28 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
764 |
152 |
916 |
315 |
105 |
420 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
6,308 |
5,273 |
11,581 |
4,714 |
3,954 |
8,668 |
898 |
757 |
1,655 |
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● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation |
0.83 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
0.64 |
0.84 |
0.72 |
0.59 |
0.76 |
0.66 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
39,896 |
28,416 |
68,312 |
32,261 |
20,867 |
53,128 |
6,944 |
4,489 |
11,433 |
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● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation |
5.24 |
5.18 |
5.22 |
4.39 |
4.42 |
4.40 |
4.56 |
4.53 |
4.55 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
3,188 |
455 |
3,643 |
2,207 |
342 |
2,549 |
410 |
77 |
487 |
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Percent Investigations with |
41.9% |
8.3% |
27.8% |
30.0% |
7.3% |
21.1% |
26.9% |
7.8% |
19.4% |
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● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders |
573 |
310 |
64 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
4.4% |
2.6% |
2.5% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,185 |
799 |
132 |
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● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
2,614 |
1,663 |
332 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
39,492 (89.7%) |
40,714 (88.7%) |
9,261 (85.7%) |
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● New Entrant Pass Rate |
88.2% |
91.7% |
92.5% |
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● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) |
14,362 |
15,753 |
3,424 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
3,472,428 |
2,719,292 |
659,988 |
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● Trucks |
100,695 |
3,252,739 |
3,353,434 |
43,914 |
2,589,039 |
2,632,953 |
353 |
641,017 |
641,370 |
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HM Trucks |
6,364 |
199,616 |
205,980 |
2,823 |
150,847 |
153,670 |
75 |
40,470 |
40,545 |
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● Buses |
11,808 |
107,186 |
118,994 |
5,324 |
81,015 |
86,339 |
1 |
18,617 |
18,618 |
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Motorcoaches |
9,486 |
17,949 |
27,435 |
4,494 |
9,829 |
14,323 |
0 |
1,996 |
1,996 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,309,597 |
2,288,681 |
2,582,460 |
1,777,469 |
631,560 |
435,157 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
49,550 |
99,466 |
23,653 |
78,075 |
4,341 |
17,812 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
5.0% |
21.3% |
5.2% |
21.4% |
5.4% |
21.2% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
4.8% |
6.5% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
5.2% |
3.5% |
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*Due to the National COVID emergency, FMCSA and partners increased the use of offsite investigations and began implementing focused onsite investigations remotely.
**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 29, 2021.