Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(As of September 30, 2019)

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

(Jan. 1, 2019 – Jun. 30, 2019)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 171,337 181,578 86,703

 Large Trucks 154,665 164,559 78,268

 Buses 17,195 17,652 8,737

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,133 4,979 2,263

 Large Trucks 4,867 4,711 2,148

 Buses 284 309 130

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 93,460 96,944 45,274

 Large Trucks 76,014 79,903 37,295

 Buses 18,370 18,296 8,527

*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 

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 28,293 30,476 26,379

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Investigations Performed 8,521 6,401 14,922 8,239 6,136 14,375 7,596 5,470 13,066

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 726 791 1,517 632 832 1,464 596 755 1,351

 Household Goods Investigations 177 12 189 155 17 172 126 8 134

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 1,177 417 1,594 885 299 1,184 868 260 1,128

 Motorcoach Investigations 1,029 193 1,222 760 170 930 763 152 915

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 7,157 5,470 12,627 6,759 5,388 12,147 6,315 5,259 11,574

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.84 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.88 0.84 0.83 0.96 0.89

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 50,036 33,942 83,978 47,030 32,712 79,742 39,809 28,357 68,166

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

 Investigation

5.87 5.30 5.63 5.71 5.33 5.55 5.24 5.18 5.22

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)* 4,364 724 5,088 3,771 589 4,360 3,189 455 3,644

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 51.2% 11.3% 34.1% 45.8% 9.6% 30.3% 42.0% 8.3% 27.9% 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 632 570 570

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.2% 4.0% 4.4% 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,281 1,324 1,179

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 7 4 0 

● Conditional Ratings 2,931 2,925 2,609

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

35,896

(89.1%) 

36,755

(92.3%) 

39,436

(91.0%) 

● New Entrant Pass Rate 89.2% 89.8% 88.2% 

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 12,504 12,338 14,360

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,415,749 3,533,685 3,455,831

● Trucks 106,179 3,189,973 3,296,152 115,467 3,298,391 3,413,858 98,798 3,239,060 3,337,858

 HM Trucks 6,405 191,318 197,723 6,464 194,584 201,048 6,281 197,957 204,238

● Buses 12,763 106,834 119,597 11,339 108,488 119,827 11,641 106,332 117,973

 Motorcoaches 10,206 18,880 29,086 9,078 19,450 28,528 9,353 17,741 27,094

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,254,536 2,254,635 3,370,044 2,320,948 3,294,768 2,277,965

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 49,676 100,199 50,434 99,557 49,270 98,569

● Truck OOS Rate 5.1% 21.2% 4.8% 21.4% 5.0% 21.3% 

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

*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 October 25, 2019.