Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2018)
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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
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Calendar Year 2016*
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Calendar Year 2017*
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Calendar Year 2018*
(Jan 1 - Jun 30, 2018)
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CRASHES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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167,454
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170,169 | 88,406 |
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Large Trucks
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151,274 | 153,663 | 79,828 |
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Buses
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16,733
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17,027 | 8,909 |
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FATALITIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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4,952
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4,879
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2,239 |
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Large Trucks
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4,655
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4,617
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2,128
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Buses
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327
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278
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124
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INJURIES
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• Large Trucks and Buses
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92,322 | 92,702 |
46,406
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Large Trucks
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75,648 | 75,420 |
38,029
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Buses
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17,967
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18,196 |
9,007
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*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).
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PROGRAM OUTPUTS
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Fiscal Year 2016
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Fiscal Year 2017
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Fiscal Year 2018
(Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018) |
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Federal
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State
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Total |
Federal
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State
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Total |
Federal
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State
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Total | |
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• Warning Letters
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34,670
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28,293
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30,476
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Investigations Performed
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7,805
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6,272 | 14,077 | 8,521 | 6,402 | 14,923 | 8,234 | 6,125 | 14,359 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
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782
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804 | 1,586 | 726 | 791 | 1,517 | 631 | 833 | 1,464 |
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Household Goods Investigations
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165
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10 | 175 | 177 | 12 | 189 |
155
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16 | 171 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations
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836
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429 | 1,265 | 1,177 | 417 | 1,594 | 884 | 299 | 1,183 |
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Motorcoach Investigations
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725
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223 | 948 | 1,029 | 193 | 1,222 | 759 | 170 | 929 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
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• Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations
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7,136
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5,759 | 12,895 | 7,152 | 5,476 | 12,628 | 6,731 | 5,423 | 12,154 |
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• Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation
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0.92
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0.92
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0.92 | 0.84 |
0.86
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0.85 |
0.82
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0.89
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0.85 |
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• Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations
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47,537
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31,989 | 79,526 | 50,041 | 33,947 | 83,988 | 47,032 | 32,643 | 79,675 |
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• Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation
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6.09
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5.10 | 5.65 | 5.87 | 5.30 | 5.63 | 5.71 | 5.33 | 5.55 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
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• Notice of Claims (NOC)*
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4,345
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624 | 4,969 |
4,363
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724 | 5,087 |
3,773
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589 | 4,362 |
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Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
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55.7%
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10.0% | 35.3% |
51.2%
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11.3% | 34.1% |
45.8%
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9.6% | 30.4% |
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• Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
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710 |
624
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563
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
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5.0%
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4.2%
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3.9%
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• 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
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1,374
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1,277
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1,311
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• Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
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9
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4
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4
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| • Conditional Ratings Issued | 3,062 | 2,927 | 2,919 | ||||||
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
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• Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time)
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38,109
(81.5%) |
35,893
(89.4%) |
36,563
(93.6%) |
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• New Entrant Pass Rate
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88.3%
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89.2%
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89.8%
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• New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
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13,085
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12,504
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12,338 | ||||||
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections
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3,419,171
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3,415,933
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3,526,838
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• Trucks
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111,075
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3,184,322 | 3,295,397 |
106,525
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3,189,869
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3,296,394 |
113,110
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3,294,533
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3,407,643 |
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HM Trucks
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6,294
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193,919
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200,213 |
6,413
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191,301
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197,714 |
6,304
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194,337 | 200,641 |
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• Buses
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13,307
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110,467
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123,774 |
12,734
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106,805
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119,539 |
11,133
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108,062
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119,195 |
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Motorcoaches
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10,449 |
21,493
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31,942 |
10,191
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18,880
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29,071 |
8,923
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19,427
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28,350 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
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Driver
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Vehicle
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Driver
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Vehicle
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Driver
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Vehicle
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• Total Number of Truck Inspections
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3,247,620
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2,245,948
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3,254,812
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2,254,870
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3,364,127
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2,316,201
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• Total Number of Bus Inspections
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53,619
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102,694
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49,654
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100,141
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50,181
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99,003
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• Truck OOS Rate
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4.9%
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20.7%
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5.1%
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21.2%
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4.8%
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21.5%
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• Bus OOS Rate
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4.3%
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6.7%
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4.7%
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6.5%
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5.0%
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6.5%
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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 October 26, 2018.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 26, 2018.
Last updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2020