Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of December 31, 2021) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2019* CY 2020* CY 2021* 

(Jan. 1, 2021–Sept. 30, 2021) 

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 181,966 156,131 130,873

 Large Trucks 164,731 146,384 122,433

 Buses 17,885 10,112 8,738

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,345 4,798 3,887

 Large Trucks 5,074 4,608 3,741

 Buses 300 212 163

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 98,007 77,026 64,814

 Large Trucks 81,272 68,348 57,611

 Buses 17,941 9,130 7,655

*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 

(Oct. 1, 2021–Dec. 31, 2021) 

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 22,686 26,702 7,562

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Investigations Performed 7,351 4,725 12,076 7,564 4,330 11,894 1,954 1,013 2,967

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 341 505 846 342 447 789 92 118 210

 Household Goods Investigations 83 10 93 55 4 59 13 0 13

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 401 212 613 241 181 422 23 51 74

 Motorcoach Investigations 315 105 420 160 90 250 14 31 45

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 4,711 3,974 8,685 4,883 4,059 8,942 1,306 1,082 2,388

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per 

Investigation 0.64 0.84 0.72 0.65 0.94 0.75 0.67 1.07 0.80

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 32,286 20,900 53,186 35,687 21,981 57,668 8,630 5,316 13,946

● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical 

Violation per Investigation 4.39 4.42 4.40 4.72 5.08 4.85 4.42 5.25 4.70

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC) * 2,207 343 2,550 2,284 313 2,597 911 70 981

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 30.0% 7.3% 21.1% 30.2% 7.2% 21.8% 46.6% 6.9% 33.1%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 310 329 139

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit

 OOS Orders 2.6% 2.8% 4.7%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 801 473 193

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 0 2 1 

● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 4 18 3 

● Conditional Ratings 1,664 1,549 461

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

40,722

(88.0%)

44,371

(86.9%)

13,231

(79.3%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 91.7% 92.4% 92.2%

● New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No

 Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 15,755 15,413 5,280

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 2,727,492 2,875,249 665,382

● Trucks 45,188 2,595,741 2,640,929 30,571 2,759,009 2,789,580 13,570 632,954 646,524

 HM Trucks 2,891 151,181 154,072 4,136 167,359 171,495 1,076 35,926 37,002

● Buses 5,452 81,111 86,563 1,928 83,741 85,669 611 18,247 18,858

 Motorcoaches 4,607 9,847 14,454 1,301 9,490 10,791 386 2,498 2,884

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 2,590,183 1,782,153 2,741,564 1,888,763 637,160 433,224

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 23,736 78,259 21,373 79,428 5,648 17,335

● Truck OOS Rate 5.2% 21.3% 5.9% 21.8% 6.5% 22.4%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.5% 4.7% 4.6% 4.2% 4.9% 4.7%

*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 January 28, 2022.