Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(As of June 30, 2019)

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2017* CY 2018* CY 2019*

(Jan 1, 2019 – Mar 31, 2019)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 171,140 181,239 45,256

 Large Trucks 154,520 164,302 40,808

 Buses 17,143 17,566 4,604

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,123 4,949 1,082

 Large Trucks 4,858 4,683 1,023

 Buses 283 307 61

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 93,326 96,713 22,756

 Large Trucks 75,938 79,756 18,742

 Buses 18,312 18,207 4,282

*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 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019(Oct 1, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 28,293 30,476 19,387

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed 8,521 6,401 14,922 8,239 6,136 14,375 5,610 4,142 9,752

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 726 791 1,517 632 832 1,464 449 564 1,013

 Household Goods Investigations 177 12 189 155 17 172 105 5 110

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 1,177 417 1,594 885 299 1,184 604 187 791

 Motorcoach Investigations 1,029 193 1,222 760 170 930 531 120 651

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 7,157 5,470 12,627 6,759 5,388 12,147 4,818 3,983 8,801

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.84 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.88 0.84 0.86 0.96 0.90

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 50,036 33,942 83,978 47,030 32,712 79,742 30,327 21,789 52,116

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

Investigation 5.87 5.30 5.63 5.71 5.33 5.55 5.41 5.26 5.34

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)* 4,364 724 5,088 3,772 589 4,361 2,344 356 2,700

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 51.2% 11.3% 34.1% 45.8% 9.6% 30.3% 41.8% 8.6% 27.7%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 631 570 458

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.2% 4.0% 4.7%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,281 1,318 895

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 4 4 0

● Conditional Ratings 2,929 2,921 2,039

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

35,893

(89.1%)

36,755

(92.4%)

29,657

(91.8%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 89.2% 89.8% 88.4%

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 12,504 12,338 10,168

DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,415,664 3,533,192 2,559,035

● Trucks 106,179 3,189,927 3,296,106 115,411 3,297,998 3,413,409 76,558 2,394,614 2,471,172

 HM Trucks 6,405 191,305 197,710 6,449 194,572 201,021 4,734 146,437 151,171

● Buses 12,755 106,803 119,558 11,312 108,471 119,783 8,528 79,335 87,863

 Motorcoaches 10,202 18,880 29,082 9,068 19,454 28,522 6,828 12,417 19,245

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,254,522 2,254,590 3,369,608 2,320,555 2,440,649 1,698,527

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 49,669 100,160 50,422 99,500 36,081 73,783

● Truck OOS Rate 5.1% 21.2% 4.8% 21.4% 5.0% 21.2%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.7% 6.5% 5.0% 6.5% 4.8% 6.3%

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

Source: All data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) as of July 26, 2019.