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Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of June 30, 2014)


MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
Calendar Year 2012
Calendar Year 2013
Calendar Year 2014*
(01/01/2014 - 03/31/2014)
CRASHES
Large Trucks and Buses
129,990
139,049
37,678
Large Trucks
116,116
124,445
33,692
Buses
  14,355
  15,085
  4,104
FATALITIES
Large Trucks and Buses
    4,376
    4,266
    883
Large Trucks
    4,110
    3,972
    829
Buses
      288
      313
      57
INJURIES
Large Trucks and Buses
  79,616
  82,141
19,712
Large Trucks
  63,485
  65,389
15,781
Buses
  17,242
  17,647
  4,143
*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 2012
Fiscal Year 2013
Fiscal Year 2014
(Oct 1, 2013 -
Jun 30, 2014)
Federal
State
Federal
State
Federal
State
Warning Letters
24,126
20,480
15,693
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
Total Investigations Performed
12,366
  7,849
  9,645
  7,695
  5,857
  5,474
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
    909
    732
    764
    676
    491
    582
Household Goods Investigations
    247
        1
    190
        9
    123
        9
Passenger Carrier Investigations*
  1,390
    503
    934
    443
    638
    226
Motorcoach Investigations* 
    913
    213
    602
    145
    487
      66
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
Total Number of Serious Violations
10,330
  8,063
  8,065
  7,382
  5,565
  5,655
Average Number of Serious Violations per Investigation
    0.84
    1.03
    0.84
    0.96
    0.95
    1.03
Total Number of Non-Serious Violations
63,366
33,830
49,524
31,592
33,659
23,539
Average Number of Non-Serious Violations per Investigation
    5.12
    4.31
    5.13
    4.11
    5.75
    4.30
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
Notice of Claims (NOC)**
    5,981
    4,985
    3,470
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
  29.59%
  28.75%
  30.62%
Notice of Violations (NOV)
      206
      115
        64
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
      855
      770
      661
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
  4.23%
  4.44%
  5.83%
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
  1,557
  1,677
  1,048
Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
      47
      37
      20
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
Total New Entrant Safety Audits
(Percent Completed on Time)
34,371
(86.01%)
32,886
(88.29%)
22,905
(88.39%)
New Entrant Pass Rate
  74.2%
  80.1%
  80.1%
New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
14,007
14,153
13,210
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections
3,582,605
3,491,837
2,546,311
Trucks
  128,581
3,329,398
  121,938
3,242,972
    93,486
2,366,094
HM Trucks
      4,055
  200,122
      4,703
  196,966
      4,604
  142,238
Buses
    11,365
  113,261
    10,536
  116,391
      7,430
    79,301
Motorcoaches
      8,498
    27,358
      7,870
    31,767
      5,675
    16,372
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Total Number of Truck Inspections
3,402,897
2,341,021
3,317,959
2,290,746
2,425,290
1,672,962
Total Number of Bus Inspections
    61,943
  102,075
    64,189
  101,853
    39,472
    73,648
Truck OOS Rate
      4.9%
    20.8%
      4.9%
    20.6%
      5.0%
    20.6%
Bus OOS Rate
      5.2%
      6.8%
      5.2%
      7.3%
      4.8%
      7.2%
*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 25, 2014.

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