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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 12/31/13)


MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
Calendar Year 2011
Calendar Year 2012*
Calendar Year 2013*
(01/01/2013 – 09/30/2013)
CRASHES
Large Trucks and Buses
130,657
120,494
98,912
Large Trucks
117,165
115,673
88,718
Buses
  13,950
  14,301
10,518
FATALITIES
Large Trucks and Buses
   4,239
   4,317
  3,041
Large Trucks
   3,945
   4,055
  2,832
Buses
      317
     284
     212
INJURIES
Large Trucks and Buses
 79,524
 79,385
58,983
Large Trucks
 64,362
 63,298
47,157
Buses
 16,308
 17,211
12,355
*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
Fiscal Year 2012
Fiscal Year 2013
Fiscal Year 2014
(Oct 1–Dec 31, 2013)
Federal
State
Federal
State
Federal
State
Warning Letters
24,126
20,480
5,614
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
Total Investigations Performed
12,366
7,849
10,721
7,809
2,045
1,841
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
    909
   732
    764
   676
   177
   205
Household Goods Investigations
    247
      1
    190
       9
     43
      3
Passenger Carrier Investigations**
 1,390
  503
 2,012
   558
   221
    82
Motorcoach Investigations*
    913
  213
 1,613
   257
   158
    20
BY TYPE OF INVESTIGATION
Total Investigations Performed
12,366
7,849
10,721
7,808
2,405
1,841
On-Site Comprehensive Investigations
  3,359
3,515
  2,442
3,220
   603
   859
On-Site Focused Investigations
  7,277
3,199
  5,892
3,490
1,163
   716
Off-Site Investigations
    257
   348
    366
   223
     41
     68
Other**
 1,473
   787
  2,021
   875
   238
   198
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
Notice of Claims (NOC)
7,090
6,002
1,215
Notice of Violations (NOV)
   206
   115
     20
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
   855
   770
   218
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
1,557
1,678
   338
Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
    47
    37
      9
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
Total New Entrant Safety Audits
(Percent Completed on Time)
34,370
(86.2%)
32,880
(89.1%)
6,691
(91.0%)
New Entrant Pass Rate
74.2%
80.1%
78.8%
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections
3,582,590
3,491,423
827,979
Trucks
128,582
3,329,378
121,914
3,242,658
29,944
770,858
HM Trucks
   4,056
  200,123
   4,697
  196,962
     917
 45,309
Buses
 11,365
  113,265
 10,498
  116,353
  2,728
 24,449
Motorcoaches
   8,498
    27,358
   7,852
    31,765
  2,142
   5,294
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Total Number of Truck Inspections
3,402,828
2,341,009
3,317,648
2,290,586
791,037
535,710
Total Number of Bus Inspections
    61,946
  102,077
    64,173
  101,777
 13,983
 22,145
Truck OOS Rate
      4.9%
    20.8%
      4.9%
     20.6%
    4.8%
  20.0%
Bus OOS Rate
      5.2%
      6.8%
      5.2%
      7.2%
    4.9%
    7.0%
*Changed to include non-ratable reviews.
**Includes Cargo Tank Facility Reviews, Shipper Reviews, and other non-ratable reviews.
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of February 21, 2014.
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