Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

(as of March 31, 2012) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2009 CY 2010* CY 2011*

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 118,358 129,159 126,599

Large Trucks 105,457 115,730 113,775

Buses 13,310 13,856 13,261

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 3,803 4,202 3,935

Large Trucks 3,548 3,889 3,661

Buses 270 325 295

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 74,242 80,230 77,348

Large Trucks 59,551 64,668 62,885

Buses 15,470 16,515 15,575

*States are expected to report crash data to FMCSA within 90 days of the crash. Data are considered preliminary for 18 months to allow for changes.

Note: Individual subtotals may not add to totals due to the potential for double counting (e.g., fatalities or injuries in a truck-bus crash).

PROGRAM OUTPUTS FY 2010 FY 2011* FY 2012*

(Oct 2011 – Mar 2012)

Federal State Federal State Federal State

● Warning Letters 15,328 42,540 12,699

CARRIER REVIEWS

● Total Reviews Performed 12,281 7,874 11,082 7,334 6,062 3,763

Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,943 1,108 1,176 867 502 374

Household Goods Reviews 156 6 292 11 110 —

Passenger Carrier Reviews** 1,307 419 1,263 472 554 227

Motorcoach Reviews** 944 213 859 196 336 107

BY REVIEWS IN PHASED COMPLIANCE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY (CSA) STATES

● Total Reviews Performed 9,997 5,365 8,850 4,980 4,957 2,578

Full Compliance Reviews 8,116 4,884 4,460 3,530 1,393 1,323

Focused Compliance Reviews *** *** 3,258 1,081 3,078 1,055

BY INVESTIGATIONS IN 100% CSA STATES – AK, CO, DE, GA, KS, NJ, MD, MN, MO, MT

● Total Reviews Performed 2,284 2,509 2,232 2,354 1,105 1,185

On-Site Comprehensive Investigations 365 417 522 802 123 240

On-Site Focused Investigations 584 612 987 767 308 198

Off-Site Investigations 333 356 315 298 70 74

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Cooperative Safety Plans (CSPs) 429 479 231

● Notice of Claims (NOC) 7,152 6,865 2,877

● Notice of Violations (NOV) 95 138 67

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 1,005 912 427

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,598 1,644 748

● Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 5 10 8

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

34,141

(92.7%)

34,272

(88.2%)

16,920

(89.2%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 72.6% 65.0% 73.6%

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 6,624 4,718 1,824

● Security Contact Reviews 1,897 904 352

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,569,288 3,600,915 1,729,549

● Trucks 129,293 3,344,448 130,824 3,354,716 60,115 1,615,755

HM Trucks 5,375 205,464 4,966 203,584 1,736 95,106

● Buses**** 12,294 83,253 11,828 103,547 5,430 48,249

Motorcoaches 9,890 15,791 8,749 20,233 4,084 10,368

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,424,657 2,330,122 3,430,156 2,329,941 1,655,013 1,105,174

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 46,049 82,848 54,127 95,739 27,312 44,273

● Truck OOS Rate 5.3% 20.4% 5.0% 20.8% 4.8% 20.4%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.9% 6.7% 5.9% 6.9% 4.9% 6.4%

*Data are considered preliminary for 18 months.

**Changed to include non-ratable reviews. 

***No interventions of this type for the given year. 

****Level 7 school bus inspections are not included. 

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of April 27, 2012.