Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2021)
Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(as of June 30, 2021)
MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2019* |
CY 2020* |
CY 2021* (Jan. 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021) |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
181,929 |
155,585 |
40,979 |
Large Trucks |
164,694 |
145,919 |
38,524 |
Buses |
17,885 |
10,030 |
2,531 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,337 |
4,751 |
987 |
Large Trucks |
5,066 |
4,566 |
949 |
Buses |
300 |
207 |
40 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
98,007 |
76,705 |
18,309 |
Large Trucks |
81,258 |
68,082 |
16,458 |
Buses |
17,955 |
9,072 |
1,957 |
*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. 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
26,379 |
22,686 |
19,357 |
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Investigations Performed |
7,611 |
5,486 |
13,097 |
7,350 |
4,721 |
12,071 |
5,606 |
3,243 |
8,849 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
596 |
758 |
1,354 |
341 |
505 |
846 |
220 |
325 |
545 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
131 |
8 |
139 |
83 |
10 |
93 |
34 |
2 |
36 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
869 |
260 |
1,129 |
401 |
212 |
613 |
198 |
108 |
306 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
764 |
152 |
916 |
315 |
105 |
420 |
136 |
61 |
197 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
6,311 |
5,272 |
11,583 |
4,711 |
3,959 |
8,670 |
3,453 |
2,939 |
6,392 |
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● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation |
0.83 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
0.64 |
0.84 |
0.72 |
0.62 |
0.91 |
0.72 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
39,893 |
28,417 |
68,310 |
32,283 |
20,879 |
53,162 |
25,841 |
16,042 |
41,883 |
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● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violation per Investigation |
5.24 |
5.18 |
5.22 |
4.39 |
4.42 |
4.40 |
4.61 |
4.95 |
4.73 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
3,188 |
455 |
3,643 |
2,206 |
343 |
2,549 |
1,534 |
238 |
1,772 |
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Percent Investigations with |
41.9% |
8.3% |
27.8% |
30.0% |
7.3% |
21.1% |
27.4% |
7.3% |
20.0% |
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● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders |
574 |
310 |
215 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
4.4% |
2.6% |
2.4% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,186 |
801 |
331 |
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● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
4 |
4 |
16 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
2,615 |
1,662 |
1,074 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
39,492 (89.4%) |
40,722 (88.2%) |
31,993 (87.7%) |
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● New Entrant Pass Rate |
88.2% |
91.7% |
92.4% |
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● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, |
14,363 |
15,753 |
10,696 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
3,472,530 |
2,725,437 |
2,120,886 |
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● Trucks |
100,733 |
3,252,793 |
3,353,526 |
44,097 |
2,594,872 |
2,638,969 |
12,898 |
2,044,791 |
2,057,689 |
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HM Trucks |
6,371 |
199,621 |
205,992 |
2,837 |
151,105 |
153,942 |
1,934 |
127,645 |
129,579 |
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● Buses |
11,811 |
107,193 |
119,004 |
5,342 |
81,126 |
86,468 |
537 |
62,660 |
63,197 |
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Motorcoaches |
9,489 |
17,955 |
27,444 |
4,507 |
9,849 |
14,356 |
340 |
6,941 |
7,281 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,309,688 |
2,288,762 |
2,588,428 |
1,780,539 |
2,025,537 |
1,399,642 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
49,554 |
99,475 |
23,669 |
78,200 |
14,849 |
59,038 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
5.0% |
21.3% |
5.2% |
21.3% |
5.8% |
21.7% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
4.8% |
6.5% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
4.4% |
4.1% |
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*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 July 30, 2021.