Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of September 30, 2018)

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* Calendar Year 2016* Calendar Year 2017* Calendar Year 2018*

(Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2018)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 167,454 170,169 88,406

 Large Trucks 151,274 153,663 79,828

 Buses 16,733 17,027 8,909

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 4,952 4,879 2,239

 Large Trucks 4,655 4,617 2,128

 Buses 327 278 124

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 92,322 92,702 46,406

 Large Trucks 75,648 75,420 38,029

 Buses 17,967 18,196 9,007

*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 Fiscal Year 2016 Fiscal Year 2017 Fiscal Year 2018

(Oct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 34,670 28,293 30,476

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed 7,805 6,272 14,077 8,521 6,402 14,923 8,234 6,125 14,359

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 782 804 1,586 726 791 1,517 631 833 1,464

 Household Goods Investigations 165 10 175 177 12 189 155 16 171

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 836 429 1,265 1,177 417 1,594 884 299 1,183

 Motorcoach Investigations 725 223 948 1,029 193 1,222 759 170 929

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 7,136 5,759 12,895 7,152 5,476 12,628 6,731 5,423 12,154

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.84 0.86 0.85 0.82 0.89 0.85

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 47,537 31,989 79,526 50,041 33,947 83,988 47,032 32,643 79,675

● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per 

Investigation 6.09 5.10 5.65 5.87 5.30 5.63 5.71 5.33 5.55

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)* 4,345 624 4,969 4,363 724 5,087 3,773 589 4,362

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 55.7% 10.0% 35.3% 51.2% 11.3% 34.1% 45.8% 9.6% 30.4%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 710 624 563

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 5.0% 4.2% 3.9%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,374 1,277 1,311

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 9 4 4

● Conditional Ratings Issued 3,062 2,927 2,919

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

38,109

(81.5%)

35,893

(89.4%)

36,563

(93.6%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 88.3% 89.2% 89.8%

● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact,

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 13,085 12,504 12,338

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,419,171 3,415,933 3,526,838

● Trucks 111,075 3,184,322 3,295,397 106,525 3,189,869 3,296,394 113,110 3,294,533 3,407,643

 HM Trucks 6,294 193,919 200,213 6,413 191,301 197,714 6,304 194,337 200,641

● Buses 13,307 110,467 123,774 12,734 106,805 119,539 11,133 108,062 119,195

 Motorcoaches 10,449 21,493 31,942 10,191 18,880 29,071 8,923 19,427 28,350

DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle Driver Vehicle

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,247,620 2,245,948 3,254,812 2,254,870 3,364,127 2,316,201

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 53,619 102,694 49,654 100,141 50,181 99,003

● Truck OOS Rate 4.9% 20.7% 5.1% 21.2% 4.8% 21.5%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.3% 6.7% 4.7% 6.5% 5.0% 6.5%

*Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection. 

Source: All data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 26, 2018.