Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(As of March 31, 2019) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* CY 2016 CY 2017* CY 2018*

CRASHES

● Large Trucks and Buses 167,597 170,831 180,387

 Large Trucks 151,408 154,277 163,570

 Buses 16,742 17,076 17,444

FATALITIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 4,961 5,116 4,867

 Large Trucks 4,664 4,849 4,610

 Buses 327 284 296

INJURIES

● Large Trucks and Buses 92,394 93,191 96,182

 Large Trucks 75,714 75,821 79,339

 Buses 17,973 18,284 18,092

*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 (Oct. 1, 2018 – Mar. 31, 2019)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

● Warning Letters 28,293 30,476 12,058

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Investigations Performed 8,521 6,402 14,923 8,238 6,135 14,373 3,659 2,840 6,499

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 726 791 1,517 631 832 1,463 293 368 661

 Household Goods Investigations 177 12 189 155 17 172 63 5 68

 Passenger Carrier Investigations 1,177 417 1,594 885 299 1,184 363 124 487

 Motorcoach Investigations 1,029 193 1,222 760 170 930 311 80 391

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS

● Total Number of Acute/Critical Violations 7,157 5,471 12,628 6,759 5,388 12,147 3,295 2,699 5,994

● Average Number of Acute/Critical Violations per 

Investigation 0.84 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.88 0.85 0.90 0.95 0.92

● Total Number of Non-Acute/Non-Critical Violations 50,036 33,952 83,988 47,023 32,706 79,729 20,379 15,049 35,428

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

Investigation 5.87 5.30 5.63 5.71 5.33 5.55 5.57 5.30 5.45

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

● Notice of Claims (NOC)* 4,364 724 5,088 3,772 589 4,361 1,579 253 1,832

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 51.2% 11.3% 34.1% 45.8% 9.6% 30.3% 43.2% 9.0% 28.2%

● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 631 569 303

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.2% 4.0% 4.7%

● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,279 1,315 578

● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 7 4 0

● Conditional Ratings 2,929 2,921 1,364

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

 (Percent Completed on Time)

35,893

(89.2%) 

36,751

(92.6%)

19,306

(92.5%)

● New Entrant Pass Rate 89.2% 89.8% 88.9%

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

 Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 12,504 12,338 6,444

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,415,662 3,532,674 1,649,868

● Trucks 106,176 3,189,928 3,296,104 115,090 3,297,832 3,412,922 49,854 1,546,870 1,596,724

 HM Trucks 6,405 191,304 197,709 6,428 194,568 200,996 2,682 96,200 98,882

● Buses 12,755 106,803 119,558 11,313 108,439 119,752 5,293 47,851 53,144

 Motorcoaches 10,202 18,880 29,082 9,068 19,454 28,522 4,251 7,683 11,934

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

● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,254,520 2,254,576 3,369,117 2,320,153 1,577,348 1,081,129

● Total Number of Bus Inspections 49,669 100,160 50,397 99,471 22,669 44,055

● Truck OOS Rate 5.1% 21.2% 4.8% 21.4% 4.9% 21.0%

● Bus OOS Rate 4.7% 6.5% 5.0% 6.5% 4.5% 5.9%

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

Source: All data from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of April 26, 2019.