Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2021)
Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report
(as of March 31, 2021)
MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2018* |
CY 2019* |
CY 2020* |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
184,080 |
181,881 |
154,714 |
Large Trucks |
166,863 |
164,653 |
145,187 |
Buses |
17,863 |
17,878 |
9,890 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,254 |
5,316 |
4,702 |
Large Trucks |
4,984 |
5,046 |
4,519 |
Buses |
312 |
299 |
205 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
98,664 |
97,991 |
76,189 |
Large Trucks |
81,347 |
81,243 |
67,693 |
Buses |
18,629 |
17,954 |
8,938 |
*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–Mar 31, 2021) |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
26,379 |
22,686 |
12,040 |
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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 |
3,686 |
2,098 |
5,784 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
596 |
758 |
1,354 |
341 |
505 |
846 |
134 |
205 |
339 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
131 |
8 |
139 |
83 |
10 |
93 |
22 |
0 |
22 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
869 |
260 |
1,129 |
401 |
212 |
613 |
117 |
63 |
180 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
764 |
152 |
916 |
315 |
105 |
420 |
70 |
32 |
102 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
6,311 |
5,272 |
11,583 |
4,713 |
3,958 |
8,671 |
2,172 |
1,792 |
3,964 |
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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 |
0.85 |
0.69 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
39,893 |
28,417 |
68,310 |
32,281 |
20,880 |
53,161 |
16,441 |
9,946 |
26,387 |
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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 |
4.46 |
4.74 |
4.56 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
3,188 |
455 |
3,643 |
2,206 |
342 |
2,548 |
957 |
150 |
1,107 |
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Percent Investigations with |
41.9% |
8.3% |
27.8% |
30.0% |
7.2% |
21.1% |
26.0% |
7.1% |
19.1% |
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● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders |
573 |
310 |
117 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
4.4% |
2.6% |
2.0% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,185 |
801 |
231 |
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● Carrier imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
4 |
4 |
11 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
2,615 |
1,664 |
631 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
39,492 (89.5%) |
40,718 (88.4%) |
20,531 (85.7%) |
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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 |
6,731 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
3,472,487 |
2,724,916 |
1,351,610 |
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● Trucks |
100,695 |
3,252,792 |
3,353,487 |
43,978 |
2,594,497 |
2,638,475 |
381 |
1,313,709 |
1,314,090 |
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HM Trucks |
6,364 |
199,620 |
205,984 |
2,826 |
151,090 |
153,916 |
82 |
81,857 |
81,939 |
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● Buses |
11,808 |
107,192 |
119,000 |
5,324 |
81,117 |
86,441 |
1 |
37,519 |
37,520 |
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Motorcoaches |
9,486 |
17,954 |
27,440 |
4,494 |
9,849 |
14,343 |
0 |
4,202 |
4,202 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,309,650 |
2,288,722 |
2,587,944 |
1,780,205 |
1,293,929 |
883,889 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
49,552 |
99,471 |
23,659 |
78,178 |
8,658 |
35,607 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
5.0% |
21.3% |
5.2% |
21.4% |
5.6% |
21.4% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
4.8% |
6.5% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
4.7% |
3.5% |
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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 April 30, 2021.