Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(As of September 30, 2020)

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2018* CY 2019* CY 2020*

(Jan. 1, 2020 – Jun. 30, 2020)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 183,999 181,044 70,345

 Large Trucks 166,783 163,888 65,545

 Buses 17,860 17,803 4,973

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,251 5,024 2,028

 Large Trucks 4,981 4,768 1,942

 Buses 312 284 100

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 98,592 97,165 34,317

 Large Trucks 81,279 80,506 29,968

 Buses 18,625 17,863 4,589

*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 2018 FY 2019** FY 2020**

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 30,476 26,379 22,686

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed 8,239 6,135 14,374 7,611 5,486 13,097 7,343 4,708 12,051

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 632 832 1,464 596 758 1,354 340 504 844

 Household Goods Investigations 155 17 172 131 8 139 82 10 92

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 885 299 1,184 869 260 1,129 401 212 613

 Motorcoach Investigations 760 170 930 764 152 916 315 105 420

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 6,759 5,388 12,147 6,298 5,273 11,571 4,709 3,949 8,658

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.82 0.88 0.85 0.83 0.96 0.88 0.64 0.84 0.72

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 47,030 32,706 79,736 39,906 28,416 68,322 32,249 20,827 53,076

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

Investigation

5.71 5.33 5.55 5.24 5.18 5.22 4.39 4.42 4.40

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC) * 3,771 589 4,360 3,188 455 3,643 2,207 342 2,549

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 45.8% 9.6% 30.3% 41.9% 8.3% 27.8% 30.1% 7.3% 21.2%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 572 573 310

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.0% 4.4% 2.6%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,330 1,182 798

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 4 0 0

● Conditional Ratings 2,929 2,614 1,663

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

36,758

(92.0%)

39,492

(89.8%)

40,686 

(89.1%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 89.8% 88.2% 91.7%

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 12,338 14,361 15,753

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,533,984 3,472,407 2,714,456

● Trucks 115,466 3,298,689 3,414,155 100,695 3,252,719 3,353,414 43,905 2,584,454 2,628,359

 HM Trucks 6,464 194,604 201,068 6,364 199,613 205,977 2,823 150,593 153,416

● Buses 11,339 108,490 119,829 11,808 107,185 118,993 5,312 80,785 86,097

 Motorcoaches 9,078 19,448 28,526 9,486 17,949 27,435 4,489 9,812 14,301

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,370,342 2,321,139 3,309,576 2,288,661 2,578,022 1,774,822

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 50,437 99,558 49,550 99,465 23,648 77,825

● Truck OOS Rate 4.8% 21.4% 5.0% 21.3% 5.2% 21.4%

● Bus OOS Rate 5.0% 6.5% 4.8% 6.5% 4.5% 4.7%

*Includes both closed and open enforcements; excludes enforcement as a result of an inspection. **Values are subject to change by less than 1% as additional data are reported.

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 30, 2020.