Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2019)

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MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*	CY 2017*	CY 2018*	CY 2019* (Jan. 1, 2019 – Jun. 30, 2019)
CRASHES
Large Trucks and Buses	171,337	181,578	86,703
Large Trucks	154,665	164,559	78,268
Buses	17,195	17,652	8,737
FATALITIES
Large Trucks and Buses	5,133	4,979	2,263
Large Trucks	4,867	4,711	2,148
Buses	284	309	130
INJURIES
Large Trucks and Buses	93,460	96,944	45,274
Large Trucks	76,014	79,903	37,295
Buses	18,370	18,296	8,527

* 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 2017				FY 2018				FY 2019
	Federal	State		Total	Federal	State		Total	Federal	State		Total
Warning Letters	28,293				30,476				26,379
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
Total Investigations Performed	8,521	6,401		14,922	8,239	6,136		14,375	7,596	5,470		13,066
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations	726	791		1,517	632	832		1,464	596	755		1,351
Household Goods Investigations	177	12		189	155	17		172	126	8		134
Passenger Carrier Investigations	1,177	417		1,594	885	299		1,184	868	260		1,128
Motorcoach Investigations	1,029	193		1,222	760	170		930	763	152		915
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations	7,157	5,470		12,627	6,759	5,388		12,147	6,315	5,259		11,574
Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation	0.84	0.85		0.85	0.82	0.88		0.84	0.83	0.96		0.89
Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations	50,036	33,942		83,978	47,030	32,712		79,742	39,809	28,357		68,166
Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violation per Investigation	5.87	5.30		5.63	5.71	5.33		5.55	5.24	5.18		5.22
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
Notice of Claims (NOC)*	4,364	724		5,088	3,771	589		4,360	3,189	455		3,644
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued	51.2%	11.3%		34.1%	45.8%	9.6%		30.3%	42.0%	8.3%		27.9%
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders	632				570				570
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders	4.2%				4.0%				4.4%
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders	1,281				1,324				1,179
Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders	7				4				0
Conditional Ratings	2,931				2,925				2,609
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
Total New Entrant Safety Audits		35,896				36,755				39,436
(Percent Completed on Time)		(89.1%)				(92.3%)				(91.0%)
New Entrant Pass Rate	89.2%				89.8%				88.2%
New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)	12,504				12,338				14,360
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections	3,415,749				3,533,685				3,455,831
Trucks	106,179	3,189,973		3,296,152	115,467	3,298,391		3,413,858	98,798	3,239,060		3,337,858
HM Trucks	6,405	191,318		197,723	6,464	194,584		201,048	6,281	197,957		204,238
Buses	12,763	106,834		119,597	11,339	108,488		119,827	11,641	106,332		117,973
Motorcoaches	10,206	18,880		29,086	9,078	19,450		28,528	9,353	17,741		27,094
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES	Driver		Vehicle		Driver		Vehicle		Driver		Vehicle
Total Number of Truck Inspections	3,254,536		2,254,635		3,370,044		2,320,948		3,294,768		2,277,965
Total Number of Bus Inspections	49,676		100,199		50,434		99,557		49,270		98,569
Truck OOS Rate	5.1%		21.2%		4.8%		21.4%		5.0%		21.3%
Bus OOS Rate	4.7%		6.5%		5.0%		6.5%		4.8%		6.5%

* 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 October 25, 2019.

Last updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2020