Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of September 30, 2021) 

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

(Jan. 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021) 

CRASHES 

● Large Trucks and Buses 181,943 156,069 84,457 

 Large Trucks 164,708 146,328 79,124 

 Buses 17,885 10,106 5,514 

FATALITIES 

● Large Trucks and Buses 5,340 4,776 2,365 

 Large Trucks 5,069 4,587 2,262 

 Buses 300 211 117

INJURIES 

● Large Trucks and Buses 97,990 76,981 40,819 

 Large Trucks 81,255 68,310 36,498 

 Buses 17,941 9,123 4,604 

*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 

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total 

● Warning Letters 26,379 22,686 26,702 

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Investigations Performed 7,612 5,486 13,098 7,351 4,725 12,076 7,560 4,324 11,884 

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 597 758 1,355 341 505 846 342 446 788

 Household Goods Investigations 131 8 139 83 10 93 55 4 59

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 869 260 1,129 401 212 613 241 181 422

 Motorcoach Investigations 764 152 916 315 105 420 160 90 250

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS 

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 6,313 5,272 11,585 4,711 3,974 8,685 4,878 4,055 8,933 

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per Investigation 0.83 0.96 0.88 0.64 0.84 0.72 0.65 0.94 0.75 

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 39,903 28,417 68,320 32,286 20,900 53,186 35,668 21,961 57,629 

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

Investigation 5.24 5.18 5.22 4.39 4.42 4.40 4.72 5.08 4.85 

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS 

● Notice of Claims (NOC) * 3,188 455 3,643 2,207 343 2,550 2,279 313 2,592 

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 41.9% 8.3% 27.8% 30.0% 7.3% 21.1% 30.1% 7.2% 21.8% 

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 574 310 329

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.4% 2.6% 2.8% 

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,187 801 476

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 0 0 1 

● Driver Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 1 1 12 

● Conditional Ratings 2,614 1,663 1,549 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

39,492 

(89.3%)

40,722

(88.1%)

44,329 

(87.3%)

● 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) 14,364 15,754 15,413 

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,474,285 2,728,032 2,873,009 

● Trucks 102,107 3,253,032 3,355,139 45,758 2,595,709 2,641,467 30,804 2,756,915 2,787,719 

 HM Trucks 6,452 199,629 206,081 2,916 151,182 154,098 4,158 167,170 171,328 

● Buses 11,957 107,189 119,146 5,453 81,112 86,565 1,928 83,362 85,290 

 Motorcoaches 9,614 17,955 27,569 4,608 9,847 14,455 1,301 9,469 10,770 

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,311,268 2,290,189 2,590,721 1,782,702 2,739,829 1,887,570 

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 49,683 99,537 23,738 78,261 21,345 79,058 

● Truck OOS Rate 5.0% 21.3% 5.2% 21.3% 5.9% 21.8% 

● Bus OOS Rate 4.8% 6.5% 4.5% 4.7% 4.6% 4.2% 

*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 29, 2021.