Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of June 30, 2021) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2019* CY 2020* CY 2021* 

(Jan. 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021) 

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 181,929 155,585 40,979

 Large Trucks 164,694 145,919 38,524

 Buses 17,885 10,030 2,531

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,337 4,751 987

 Large Trucks 5,066 4,566 949

 Buses 300 207 40

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 98,007 76,705 18,309

 Large Trucks 81,258 68,082 16,458

 Buses 17,955 9,072 1,957

*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 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 

(Oct. 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021) 

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 26,379 22,686 19,357

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Investigations Performed 7,611 5,486 13,097 7,350 4,721 12,071 5,606 3,243 8,849

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 596 758 1,354 341 505 846 220 325 545

 Household Goods Investigations 131 8 139 83 10 93 34 2 36

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 869 260 1,129 401 212 613 198 108 306

 Motorcoach Investigations 764 152 916 315 105 420 136 61 197

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 6,311 5,272 11,583 4,711 3,959 8,670 3,453 2,939 6,392

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.83 0.96 0.88 0.64 0.84 0.72 0.62 0.91 0.72

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 39,893 28,417 68,310 32,283 20,879 53,162 25,841 16,042 41,883

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

Investigation 5.24 5.18 5.22 4.39 4.42 4.40 4.61 4.95 4.73

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC) * 3,188 455 3,643 2,206 343 2,549 1,534 238 1,772

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 41.9% 8.3% 27.8% 30.0% 7.3% 21.1% 27.4% 7.3% 20.0%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 574 310 215

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.4% 2.6% 2.4%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,186 801 331

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 0 0 2 

● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 4 4 16

● Conditional Ratings 2,615 1,662 1,074

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

39,492

(89.4%)

40,722

(88.2%)

31,993

(87.7%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 88.2% 91.7% 92.4%

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 14,363 15,753 10,696

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,472,530 2,725,437 2,120,886

● Trucks 100,733 3,252,793 3,353,526 44,097 2,594,872 2,638,969 12,898 2,044,791 2,057,689

 HM Trucks 6,371 199,621 205,992 2,837 151,105 153,942 1,934 127,645 129,579

● Buses 11,811 107,193 119,004 5,342 81,126 86,468 537 62,660 63,197

 Motorcoaches 9,489 17,955 27,444 4,507 9,849 14,356 340 6,941 7,281

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,309,688 2,288,762 2,588,428 1,780,539 2,025,537 1,399,642

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 49,554 99,475 23,669 78,200 14,849 59,038

● Truck OOS Rate 5.0% 21.3% 5.2% 21.3% 5.8% 21.7%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.8% 6.5% 4.5% 4.7% 4.4% 4.1%

*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 July 30, 2021.