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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 9/30/12)


 MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
 CY  2010
 CY  2011*
 CY 2012*
(1/1/2012 - 6/30/2012)
CRASHES
Large Trucks and Buses
129,698
129,507
59,163
Large Trucks
116,179
116,350
52,581
Buses
  13,947
  13,605
  6,825
FATALITIES
Large Trucks and Buses
4,217
4,011
1,873
Large Trucks
3,902
3,737
1,758
Buses
   327
   295
   125
INJURIES
Large Trucks and Buses
80,552
78,758
37,595
Large Trucks
64,913
64,010
29,876
Buses
16,595
15,868
  8,298

*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 OUTPUTSFY 2010FY 2011*FY 2012*
 Federal  State Federal  State Federal  State
Warning Letters
13,323
40,944
24,126
CARRIER REVIEWS
Total Reviews Performed
12,281
7,874
11,086
7,336
12,340
7,839
Hazardous Material (HM) Reviews
 1,943
1,108
 1,176
  867
    908
  730
Household Goods Reviews
    561
      6
   292
    11
    243
     1
Passenger Carrier Reviews**
 1,307
  419
 1,263
  472
 1,389
  502
Motorcoach Reviews**
   944
  213
   859
  196
   912
  213
BY REVIEWS IN PHASED COMPLIANCE, SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY (CSA) STATES
Total Reviews Performed
9,997
5,365
8,853
4,982
10,152
5,537
Full Compliance Reviews/On-Site Comprehensive
8,116
4,884
4,460
3,531
2,740
2,631
Focused Compliance Reviews
  ***
  ***
3,260
1,081
6,117
2,480
BY INVESTIGATIONS IN 100% CSA STATES - AK, CO, DE, GA, KS, NJ, MD, MN, MO, MT
Total Reviews Performed
2,284
2,509
2,233
2,354
2,188
2,302
On-Site Comprehensive Investigations
  365
  417
  523
  802
  452
  803
On-Site Focused Investigations
  584
  612
  988
  767
1,056
  683
Off-Site Investigations
  333
  356
  315
  298
  233
  340
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
Cooperative Safety Plans (CSPs)
   429
   479
   402
Notice of Claims (NOC)
7,168
6,897
6,515
Notice of Violations (NOV)
     95
   138
   205
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
1,005
   912
   853
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
1,599
1,644
1,554
Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
      5
     10
    48
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
Total New Entrant Safety Audits 
(Percent Completed on Time)
34,140
(92.5%)
34,273
(87.4%)
34,189 
(89.5%)
New Entrant Pass Rate
72.6%
65.0%
74.1%
INCREASING SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS
HM Package Inspections
6,624
4,718
4,809
Security Contact Reviews
1,897
   905
   720
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections
3,569,354
3,601,533
3,572,063
Trucks
129,293
3,344,525
130,855
3,355,233
127,824
3,320,791
HM Trucks
5,375
205,470
4,967
203,606
4,033
199,676
Buses
12,294
83,242
11,842
103,603
11,282
112,166
Motorcoaches
9,890
15,791
8,750
20,235
8,450
27,221
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/ 
OOS RATES
  Driver
 Vehicle
  Driver
 Vehicle
  Driver
 Vehicle
Total Number of Truck Inspections
3,424,724
2,330,183
3,430,578
2,330,291
3,394,131
2,334,281
Total Number of Bus Inspections
46,033
82,844
54,120
95,810
61,546
101,012
Truck OOS Rate
5.3%
20.4%
5.0%
20.8%
4.9%
20.8%
Bus OOS Rate
4.9%
6.7%
5.9%
6.9%
5.3%
6.8%

*Data are considered preliminary for 18 months. 
**Changed to include non-ratable reviews. 
***No interventions of this type for the given year. 
Source: All data from Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), as of October 26, 2012.

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