Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of March 31, 2022)
Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(as of March 31, 2022)
MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2019* |
CY 2020* |
CY 2021* |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
182,025 |
156,389 |
180,316 |
Large Trucks |
164,786 |
146,633 |
167,684 |
Buses |
17,889 |
10,122 |
13,085 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,353 |
4,893 |
5,414 |
Large Trucks |
5,082 |
4,701 |
5,197 |
Buses |
300 |
214 |
252 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
98,057 |
77,185 |
89,313 |
Large Trucks |
81,320 |
68,497 |
78,541 |
Buses |
17,943 |
9,141 |
11,438 |
*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 2020 |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
22,686 |
26,702 |
14,777 |
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Investigations Performed |
7,351 |
4,725 |
12,076 |
7,563 |
4,333 |
11,896 |
4,123 |
2,055 |
6,178 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
341 |
505 |
846 |
342 |
448 |
790 |
258 |
227 |
485 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
83 |
10 |
93 |
55 |
4 |
59 |
85 |
7 |
92 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
401 |
212 |
613 |
241 |
181 |
422 |
158 |
105 |
263 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
315 |
105 |
420 |
160 |
90 |
250 |
133 |
62 |
195 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
4,711 |
3,974 |
8,685 |
4,881 |
4,060 |
8,941 |
2,801 |
2,175 |
4,976 |
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● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation |
0.64 |
0.84 |
0.72 |
0.65 |
0.94 |
0.75 |
0.68 |
1.06 |
0.81 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
32,286 |
20,900 |
53,186 |
35,674 |
21,991 |
57,665 |
19,579 |
10,964 |
30,543 |
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● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violation per Investigation |
4.39 |
4.42 |
4.40 |
4.72 |
5.08 |
4.85 |
4.75 |
5.34 |
4.94 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
2,207 |
343 |
2,550 |
2,284 |
313 |
2,597 |
1,741 |
167 |
1,908 |
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Percent Investigations with |
30.0% |
7.3% |
21.1% |
30.2% |
7.2% |
21.8% |
42.2% |
8.1% |
30.9% |
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310 |
330 |
255 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
2.6% |
2.8% |
4.1% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
801 |
473 |
373 |
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● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
0 |
2 |
1 |
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● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
4 |
18 |
3 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
1,664 |
1,544 |
899 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
40,723 (87.9%) |
44,381 (86.7%) |
29,312 (75.2%) |
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● New Entrant Pass Rate |
91.7% |
92.4% |
92.5% |
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● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, |
15,755 |
15,415 |
10,344 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
2,727,504 |
2,877,063 |
1,368,270 |
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● Trucks |
45,189 |
2,595,752 |
2,640,941 |
30,621 |
2,760,679 |
2,791,300 |
29,755 |
1,297,675 |
1,327,430 |
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HM Trucks |
2,891 |
151,181 |
154,072 |
4,147 |
167,491 |
171,638 |
2,418 |
77,780 |
80,198 |
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● Buses |
5,452 |
81,111 |
86,563 |
1,939 |
83,824 |
85,763 |
1,965 |
38,875 |
40,840 |
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Motorcoaches |
4,607 |
9,847 |
14,454 |
1,312 |
9,523 |
10,835 |
1,461 |
4,675 |
6,136 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
2,590,195 |
1,782,157 |
2,743,224 |
1,890,155 |
1,308,211 |
885,434 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
23,736 |
78,259 |
21,419 |
79,493 |
12,615 |
37,156 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
5.2% |
21.3% |
5.9% |
21.8% |
6.7% |
22.7% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
4.5% |
4.7% |
4.6% |
4.2% |
4.6% |
4.5% |
*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 29, 2022.