Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of September 30, 2021)
Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(as of September 30, 2021)
MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* |
CY 2019* |
CY 2020* |
CY 2021* (Jan. 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021) |
CRASHES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
181,943 |
156,069 |
84,457 |
Large Trucks |
164,708 |
146,328 |
79,124 |
Buses |
17,885 |
10,106 |
5,514 |
FATALITIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
5,340 |
4,776 |
2,365 |
Large Trucks |
5,069 |
4,587 |
2,262 |
Buses |
300 |
211 |
117 |
INJURIES |
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● Large Trucks and Buses |
97,990 |
76,981 |
40,819 |
Large Trucks |
81,255 |
68,310 |
36,498 |
Buses |
17,941 |
9,123 |
4,604 |
*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 |
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Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Total |
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● Warning Letters |
26,379 |
22,686 |
26,702 |
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CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Investigations Performed |
7,612 |
5,486 |
13,098 |
7,351 |
4,725 |
12,076 |
7,560 |
4,324 |
11,884 |
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Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations |
597 |
758 |
1,355 |
341 |
505 |
846 |
342 |
446 |
788 |
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Household Goods Investigations |
131 |
8 |
139 |
83 |
10 |
93 |
55 |
4 |
59 |
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Passenger Carrier Investigations |
869 |
260 |
1,129 |
401 |
212 |
613 |
241 |
181 |
422 |
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Motorcoach Investigations |
764 |
152 |
916 |
315 |
105 |
420 |
160 |
90 |
250 |
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VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS |
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● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations |
6,313 |
5,272 |
11,585 |
4,711 |
3,974 |
8,685 |
4,878 |
4,055 |
8,933 |
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● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation |
0.83 |
0.96 |
0.88 |
0.64 |
0.84 |
0.72 |
0.65 |
0.94 |
0.75 |
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● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations |
39,903 |
28,417 |
68,320 |
32,286 |
20,900 |
53,186 |
35,668 |
21,961 |
57,629 |
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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 |
4.72 |
5.08 |
4.85 |
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INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS |
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● Notice of Claims ( |
3,188 |
455 |
3,643 |
2,207 |
343 |
2,550 |
2,279 |
313 |
2,592 |
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Percent Investigations with |
41.9% |
8.3% |
27.8% |
30.0% |
7.3% |
21.1% |
30.1% |
7.2% |
21.8% |
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574 |
310 |
329 |
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Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders |
4.4% |
2.6% |
2.8% |
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● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders |
1,187 |
801 |
476 |
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● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders |
1 |
1 |
12 |
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● Conditional Ratings |
2,614 |
1,663 |
1,549 |
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NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS |
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● Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time) |
39,492 (89.3%) |
40,722 (88.1%) |
44,329 (87.3%) |
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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, |
14,364 |
15,754 |
15,413 |
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ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS |
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Total Truck and Bus Inspections |
3,474,285 |
2,728,032 |
2,873,009 |
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● Trucks |
102,107 |
3,253,032 |
3,355,139 |
45,758 |
2,595,709 |
2,641,467 |
30,804 |
2,756,915 |
2,787,719 |
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HM Trucks |
6,452 |
199,629 |
206,081 |
2,916 |
151,182 |
154,098 |
4,158 |
167,170 |
171,328 |
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● Buses |
11,957 |
107,189 |
119,146 |
5,453 |
81,112 |
86,565 |
1,928 |
83,362 |
85,290 |
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Motorcoaches |
9,614 |
17,955 |
27,569 |
4,608 |
9,847 |
14,455 |
1,301 |
9,469 |
10,770 |
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DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
Driver |
Vehicle |
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● Total Number of Truck Inspections |
3,311,268 |
2,290,189 |
2,590,721 |
1,782,702 |
2,739,829 |
1,887,570 |
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● Total Number of Bus Inspections |
49,683 |
99,537 |
23,738 |
78,261 |
21,345 |
79,058 |
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● Truck OOS Rate |
5.0% |
21.3% |
5.2% |
21.3% |
5.9% |
21.8% |
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● Bus OOS Rate |
4.8% |
6.5% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
4.6% |
4.2% |
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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 29, 2021.