Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of March 31, 2015) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* Calendar Year 2012* Calendar Year 2013* Calendar Year 2014* 

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 130,568 141,659 152,677

 Large Trucks 116,512 126,632 137,739

 Buses 14,540 15,520 15,450

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 4,397 4,436 4,278

 Large Trucks 4,127 4,125 4,033

 Buses 292 332 273

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 80,112 83,609 86,510

 Large Trucks 63,675 66,294 70,257

 Buses 17,553 18,228 17,356

*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 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 

(Oct 1, 2014–Mar 31, 2015)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 20,480 20,546 9,812

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Investigations Performed 9,645 7,697 17,342 7,576 7,349 14,925 3,602 3,199 6,801

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 764 676 1,440 624 771 1,395 307 369 676

 Household Goods Investigations 190 9 199 162 12 174 81 7 88

 Passenger Carrier Investigations* 934 443 1,377 1,056 417 1,473 346 186 532

 Motor Coach Investigations* 602 145 747 812 156 968 287 55 342

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Number of Serious Violations 8,054 7,381 15,435 7,258 7,583 14,841 3,491 3,378 6,869

● Average Number of Serious Violations per Investigation 0.84 0.96 0.89 0.96 1.03 0.99 0.97 1.06 1.01

● Total Number of Non-Serious Violations 49,535 31,606 81,144 44,593 31,912 76,505 21,506 14,922 36,428

● Average Number of Non-Serious Violations per Investigation 5.14 4.11 4.68 5.89 4.34 5.13 5.97 4.66 5.36

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)** 4,984 4,587 2,340

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 28.74% 30.73% 34.41% 

● Notice of Violations (NOV) 115 86 31

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 771 879 403

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.45% 5.89% 5.93% 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,677 1,409 667

● Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 37 21 3 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

32,846

(87.83%) 

32,236

(86.31%) 

16,559

(83.51%) 

● New Entrant Pass Rate 80.1% 80.3% 82.0% 

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 14,153 17,981 9,125

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,492,184 3,437,613 1,613,420

● Trucks 121,937 3,243,197 3,365,134 122,042 3,193,713 3,315,755 59,333 1,501,570 1,560,903

 HM Trucks 4,703 196,979 201,682 5,617 192,563 198,180 2,436 88,496 90,932

● Buses 10,536 116,514 127,050 10,294 111,564 121,858 4,819 47,698 52,517

 Motorcoaches 7,870 31,766 39,636 7,826 25,202 33,028 3,711 8,918 12,629

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,318,123 2,290,863 3,264,368 2,265,070 1,538,686 1,032,708

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 64,218 101,969 55,310 103,001 23,255 44,699

● Truck OOS Rate 4.9% 20.6% 5.0% 20.8% 4.9% 20.5% 

● Bus OOS Rate 5.2% 7.3% 4.9% 7.3% 4.8% 6.5% 

 *Changed to include non-ratable reviews.

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

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of April 24, 2015.