Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

(as of September 30, 2013) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2011 CY 2012*

CY 2013*

(01/01/2013 – 06/30/2013)

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 130,687 129,120 65,118

Large Trucks 117,194 115,355 58,153

Buses 13,951 14,243 7,172

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 4,240 4,216 1,956

Large Trucks 3,947 3,961 1,822

Buses 316 277 136

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 79,534 79,095 38,120

Large Trucks 64,374 63,134 30,177

Buses 16,306 17,121 8,242

*States are expected to report crash data to FMCSA within 90 days of the crash. Data are considered preliminary for 18 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 2011 FY 2012* FY 2013* 

Federal State Federal State Federal State

● Warning Letters 40,944 24,126 20,480

CARRIER REVIEWS

● Total Reviews Performed 11,086 7,337 12,366 7,849 10,714 7,796

Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews 1,176 867 909 732 765 675

Household Goods Reviews 292 11 247 1 190 9

Passenger Carrier Reviews** 1,263 472 1,390 503 2,011 557

Motorcoach Reviews** 859 196 913 213 1,611 256

BY REVIEWS IN PHASED COMPLIANCE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY (CSA) STATES

● Total Reviews Performed 8,853 4,983 10,165 5,545 8,726 5,754

Full Compliance Reviews 4,461 3,532 2,714 2,633 2,026 2,578

Focused Compliance Reviews 3,260 1,081 6,126 2,486 4,919 2,728

Other 1,132 370 1,325 426 1,781 448

BY INVESTIGATIONS IN 100% CSA STATES – AK, CO, DE, GA, KS, NJ, MD, MN, MO, MT

● Total Reviews Performed 2,233 2,354 2,201 2,304 1,988 2,042

On-Site Comprehensive Investigations 524 812 459 809 251 456

On-Site Focused Investigations 992 772 1,065 685 911 709

Off-Site Investigations 317 299 233 340 191 215

Other 400 471 444 470 635 662

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Cooperative Safety Plans (CSPs) 479 402 228

● Notice of Claims (NOC) 6,920 7,073 5,644

● Notice of Violations (NOV) 138 206 115

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 912 855 771

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,642 1,557 1,677

● Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 10 47 37

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

34,278

(86.8%)

34,368

(86.9%)

32,816

(91.1%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 65.0% 74.2% 80.1%

INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS

● HM Package Inspections 4,718 4,820 3,750

● Security Contact Reviews 905 721 770

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,601,975 3,582,227 3,482,878

● Trucks 130,875 3,355,647 128,570 3,329,134 121,551 3,235,278

HM Trucks 4,970 203,615 4,056 200,123 4,674 196,718

● Buses 11,844 103,609 11,365 113,158 10,414 115,635

Motorcoaches 8,767 20,235 8,498 27,359 7,796 31,636

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,431,014 2,330,485 3,402,625 2,340,864 3,310,606 2,284,744

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 54,143 95,817 61,839 101,994 63,998 101,004

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

● Bus OOS Rate 5.9% 6.9% 5.2% 6.8% 5.2% 7.3%

*Data are considered preliminary for 18 months.

**Changed to include non-ratable reviews. 

Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 25, 2013.