Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(as of June 30, 2015) 

MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES* Calendar Year 2013* Calendar Year 2014* Calendar Year 2015* 

(Jan 1, 2015–Mar 31, 2015)

CRASHES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 141,704 153,184 39,028

 Large Trucks 126,669 138,165 34,987

 Buses 15,528 15,536 4,172

FATALITIES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 4,451 4,340 981

 Large Trucks 4,139 4,086 911

 Buses 333 282 76

INJURIES

 ● Large Trucks and Buses 83,626 86,805 20,971

 Large Trucks 66,304 70,477 16,845

 Buses 18,235 17,454 4,436

*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 Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 

(Oct 1, 2014–Jun 30, 2015)

Federal State Total Federal State Total Federal State Total

 ● Warning Letters 20,480 20,546 14,862

CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS 

 ● Total Investigations Performed 9,645 7,697 17,342 7,578 7,350 14,928 5,993 4,970 10,963

 Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations 764 676 1,440 625 771 1,396 495 573 1,068

 Household Goods Investigations 190 9 199 162 13 175 131 8 139

 Passenger Carrier Investigations* 934 443 1,377 1,056 416 1,472 669 302 971

 Motorcoach Investigations* 602 145 747 812 156 968 560 121 681

VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS 

 ● Total Number of Serious Violations 8,054 7,381 15,435 7,257 7,583 14,840 5,170 5,139 10,849

 ● Average Number of Serious Violations per Investigation 0.84 0.96 0.89 0.96 1.03 0.99 0.95 1.05 1.00

 ● Total Number of Non-Serious Violations 49,535 31,606 81,144 44,594 31,909 76,503 35,209 23,012 58,221

 ● Average Number of Non-Serious Violations per Investigation 5.14 4.11 4.68 5.89 4.34 5.13 5.88 4.69 5.34

INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS

 ● Notice of Claims (NOC)** 4,984 4,587 3,668

 Percent Investigations with NOC Issued 28.74% 30.73% 33.46%

 ● Notice of Violations (NOV) 115 86 48

 ● Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders 771 878 628

 Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders 4.45% 5.88% 5.76%

 ● 90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders 1,676 1,410 971

 ● Carrier Imminent Hazard OOS Orders 37 21 4 

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS

 ● Total New Entrant Safety Audits

(Percent Completed on Time)

32,801

(87.70%)

32,220

(86.01%)

24,600

(80.08%)

 ● New Entrant Pass Rate 80.0% 80.3% 82.0% 

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

Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit) 14,153 17,981 13,800

ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS

Total Truck and Bus Inspections 3,492,203 3,437,797 2,500,721

 ● Trucks 121,937 3,243,221 3,365,158 122,066 3,193,873 3,315,939 91,582 2,319,634 2,411,216

 HM Trucks 4,703 196,980 201,683 5,619 192,583 198,202 4,596 136,195 140,791

 ● Buses 10,536 116,509 127,045 10,307 111,551 121,858 7,326 82,179 89,505

 Motorcoaches 7,870 31,764 39,634 7,833 25,202 33,035 5,671 16,519 22,190

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

 ● Total Number of Truck Inspections 3,318,147 2,290,881 3,264,551 2,265,216 2,374,601 1,627,650

 ● Total Number of Bus Inspections 64,217 101,964 55,300 103,005 39,360 75,920

 ● Truck OOS Rate 4.9% 20.6% 5.0% 20.8% 4.9% 20.7% 

 ● Bus OOS Rate 5.2% 7.3% 4.9% 7.3% 4.8% 7.1% 

*Changed to include non-ratable reviews.

**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 24, 2015.