Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2021)

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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

(as of March 31, 2021)

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*

CY 2018*

CY 2019*

CY 2020*

CRASHES

● 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

● Large Trucks and Buses

5,254

5,316

4,702

Large Trucks

4,984

5,046

4,519

Buses

312

299

205

INJURIES

● 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)

Federal

State

Total

Federal

State

Total

Federal

State

Total

● Warning Letters

26,379

22,686

12,040

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed

7,611

5,486

13,097

7,350

4,721

12,071

3,686

2,098

5,784

Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations

596

758

1,354

341

505

846

134

205

339

Household Goods Investigations

131

139

Passenger Carrier Investigations

869

260

1,129

401

212

613

117

180

Motorcoach Investigations

764

152

916

315

105

420

102

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations

6,311

5,272

11,583

4,713

3,958

8,671

2,172

1,792

3,964

● 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

● 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

● 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

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC) *

3,188

455

3,643

2,206

342

2,548

957

150

1,107

Percent Investigations with NOC Issued

41.9%

8.3%

27.8%

30.0%

7.2%

21.1%

26.0%

7.1%

19.1%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders

573

310

117

Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders

4.4%

2.6%

2.0%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders

1,185

801

231

● Carrier imminent Hazard OOS Orders

● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders

● Conditional Ratings

2,615

1,664

631

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

39,492

(89.5%)

40,718

(88.4%)

20,531

(85.7%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate

88.2%

91.7%

92.4%

● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact,
Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)

14,363

15,753

6,731

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections

3,472,487

2,724,916

1,351,610

● Trucks

100,695

3,252,792

3,353,487

43,978

2,594,497

2,638,475

381

1,313,709

1,314,090

HM Trucks

6,364

199,620

205,984

2,826

151,090

153,916

81,857

81,939

● Buses

11,808

107,192

119,000

5,324

81,117

86,441

37,519

37,520

Motorcoaches

9,486

17,954

27,440

4,494

9,849

14,343

4,202

DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES

Driver

Vehicle

Driver

Vehicle

Driver

Vehicle

● Total Number of Truck Inspections

3,309,650

2,288,722

2,587,944

1,780,205

1,293,929

883,889

● Total Number of Bus Inspections

49,552

99,471

23,659

78,178

8,658

35,607

● Truck OOS Rate

5.0%

21.3%

5.2%

21.4%

5.6%

21.4%

● Bus OOS Rate

4.8%

6.5%

4.5%

4.7%

3.5%

*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 April 30, 2021.

Last updated: Tuesday, June 15, 2021