Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of September 30, 2017)

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* Calendar Year 2015 Calendar Year 2016* Calendar Year 2017*

(Jan 1, 2017–Jun 30, 2017)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 161,078 166,353 78,894

Large Trucks 145,324 150,365 71,130

Buses 16,308 16,536 8,001

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 4,720 4,736 2,206

Large Trucks 4,418 4,451 2,084

Buses 325 302 130

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 89,080 91,618 42,781

Large Trucks 72,876 75,141 34,447

Buses 17,299 17,736 8,780

*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 2015 Fiscal Year 2016 Fiscal Year 2017

(Oct 1, 2016–Sep 30, 2017)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 20,463 34,670 28,293

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed* 8,148 6,452 14,600 7,805 6,271 14,076 8,513 6,385 14,898

Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 681 766 1,447 782 804 1,586 726 788 1,514

Household Goods Investigations 162 13 175 165 10 175 177 12 189

Passenger Carrier Investigations 916 334 1,250 836 428 1,264 1,177 415 1,592

Motorcoach Investigations 803 163 966 725 223 948 1,029 195 1,224

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS**

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 7,064 5,996 13,060 7,176 5,775 12,951 7,234 5,479 12,713

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.87 0.93 0.89 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.85 0.86 0.85

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 49,395 31,672 81,067 47,497 31,971 79,468 49,929 33,854 83,783

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

 Investigation 6.1 4.9 5.6 6.1 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.3 5.6

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)*** 5,066 4,970 5,089

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 34.7% 35.3% 34.2%

● Notice of Violations (NOV) 59 68 108

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 637 707 617

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.4% 5.0% 4.1%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,132 1,369 1,276

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 7 9 3

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS****

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

 39,920

 (76.9%)

 38,110

 (81.8%)

 35,851

 (90.6%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 84.1% 88.2% 89.2%

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 17,472 13,085 12,503

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,384,356 3,418,881 3,401,641

● Trucks 120,624 3,141,779 3,262,403 110,911 3,184,213 3,295,124 98,080 3,185,244 3,283,324

HM Trucks 5,983 185,003 190,986 6,272 193,915 200,187 5,930 191,045 196,975

● Buses 10,003 111,950 121,953 13,293 110,464 123,757 11,813 106,504 118,317

Motorcoaches 7,589 23,818 31,407 10,436 21,493 31,929 9,477 18,844 28,321

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,210,251 2,206,771 3,247,343 2,245,707 3,241,920 2,244,980

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 54,346 102,670 53,615 102,677 48,855 99,193

● Truck OOS Rate 4.9% 20.9% 4.9% 20.7% 5.1% 21.2%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.7% 7.2% 4.3% 6.7% 4.8% 6.5%

 *Excludes terminal reviews. The counts will be different from prior reports.

 **Methodology for counting acute/critical violations modified. The counts will be different from prior reports. 

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

****New Entrant Safety Audits count 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 27, 2017.