Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of September 30, 2016) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* Calendar Year 2014* Calendar Year 2015* Calendar Year 2016*

(Jan 1, 2016–Jun 30, 2016)

CRASHES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 155,419 159,406 78,341

 Large Trucks 140,092 143,830 70,293

 Buses 15,864 16,126 8,309

FATALITIES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 4,507 4,647 2,021

 Large Trucks 4,234 4,358 1,905

 Buses 301 312 123

INJURIES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 88,259 88,178 42,719

 Large Trucks 71,580 72,119 34,594

 Buses 17,836 17,148 8,718

*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 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 Fiscal Year 2016

(Oct 1, 2015–Sep 30, 2016) 

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

 ● Warning Letters 20,546 20,463 34,670

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

 ● Total Investigations Performed 7,578 7,352 14,930 8,186 6,483 14,669 7,836 8,869 16,705

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 625 771 1,396 681 766 1,447 781 803 1,584

 Household Goods Investigations 158 13 171 164 13 177 168 10 178

 Passenger Carrier Investigations* 1,029 362 1,391 918 336 1,254 836 1,131 1,967

 Motorcoach Investigations* 843 153 996 805 165 970 725 348 1,073

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS 

 ● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 6,256 6,858 13,114 7,020 6,229 13,249 7,220 6,329 13,549

 ● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.83 0.93 0.88 0.86 0.96 0.90 0.92 0.71 0.81

 ● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 45,600 32,648 78,248 49,564 31,519 81,083 47,504 37,474 84,978

 ● Average Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations per Investigation 6.02 4.44 5.24 6.05 4.86 5.53 6.06 4.23 5.09

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

 ● Notice of Claims (NOC)** 4,584 5,066 4,974

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 30.70% 34.54% 29.78%

 ● Notice of Violations (NOV) 86 59 68

 ● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 686 633 694

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.59% 4.32% 4.15%

 ● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,258 1,128 1,363

 ● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 36 9 9 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS***

 ● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

37,641

(85.47%)

39,919

(77.19%)

38,076

(82.85%)

 ● New Entrant Pass Rate 83.1% 84.1% 88.2%

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

Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 17,981 17,469 13,083

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,437,810 3,384,064 3,413,326

 ● Trucks 122,082 3,193,868 3,315,950 120,615 3,141,494 3,262,109 110,077 3,180,283 3,290,360

 HM Trucks 5,619 192,559 198,178 5,981 184,999 190,980 6,182 193,679 199,861

 ● Buses 10,312 111,548 121,860 10,003 111,952 121,955 13,175 109,791 122,966

 Motorcoaches 7,838 25,202 33,040 7,589 23,818 31,407 10,355 21,396 31,751

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

 ● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,264,561 2,265,214 3,209,960 2,206,647 3,242,935 2,242,230

 ● Total Number of Bus Inspections 55,297 103,009 54,345 102,672 53,367 101,968

 ● Truck OOS Rate 5.0% 20.8% 4.9% 20.9% 4.9% 20.7%

 ● Bus OOS Rate 4.9% 7.3% 4.7% 7.2% 4.3% 6.7%

 *Passenger carrier and motorcoach investigation data have been changed to be based on the SMS definition at time of review.

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

***New Entrant Safety Audits counts include both offsite and onsite safety audits. The counts will be different from prior reports.

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 28, 2016.