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


MCMIS SAFETY OUTCOMES*
Calendar Year 2012
Calendar Year 2013*
Calendar Year 2014*
(01/01/2014–06/30/2014)
CRASHES
Large Trucks and Buses
130,171
140,120
72,897
Large Trucks
116,282
125,404
65,504
Buses
  14,370
  15,200
  7,636
FATALITIES
Large Trucks and Buses
    4,371
    4,290
   1,975
Large Trucks
    4,103
    3,996
   1,867
Buses
      290
      314
     126
INJURIES
Large Trucks and Buses
  79,663
  82,628
40,181
Large Trucks
  63,522
  65,777
32,336
Buses
  17,252
  17,746
  8,353
*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
Federal
State
Federal
State
Federal
State
Warning Letters
24,126
20,480
20,546
CARRIER INVESTIGATIONS
Total Investigations
20,215
  17,343
  14,897
Total Investigations Performed
12,366
   7,849
   9,646
   7,697
  7,560
  7,337
Hazardous Material (HM) Investigations
     909
     732
      764
     676
     625
    769
Household Goods Investigations
     247
        1
        190
        9
       160
      12
Passenger Carrier Investigations*
  1,390
       503
        935
       443
  1,055
    414
Motorcoach Investigations*
     913
    213
      602
     145
     812
    155
VIOLATIONS CITED DURING INVESTIGATIONS
Total Number of Serious Violations
10,330
  8,063
   8,065
  7,385
  7,271
   7,570
Average Number of Serious Violations per Investigation
      0.84
      1.03
      0.84
      0.96
      0.96
      1.03
Total Number of Non-Serious Violations
63,366
33,830
49,524
31,602
44,530
31,854
Average Number of Non-Serious Violations per Investigation
   5.12
   4.31
    5.13
    4.11
   5.89
    4.34
INVESTIGATION FOLLOW-ON ACTIONS
Notice of Claims (NOC)**
   5,981
   4,985
   4,591
Percent Investigations with NOC Issued
29.59%
28.74%
30.82%
Notice of Violations (NOV)
     206
      115
       86
Unsat/Unfit Out-of-Service (OOS) Orders
     855
      771
     879
Percent Investigations Resulting in Unsat/Unfit OOS Orders
 4.23%
  4.45%
 5.90%
90-Day No-Pay OOS Orders
  1,557
   1,678
  1,412
Imminent Hazard OOS Orders
      47
        37
       21
NEW ENTRANT SAFETY AUDITS
Total New Entrant Safety Audits (Percent Completed on Time)
34,371
(85.94%)
32,890
(88.08%)
32,172
(88.03%)
New Entrant Pass Rate
  74.2%
  80.1%
  80.3%
New Entrant OOS Orders (Refusal of Audit/No Contact, Expedited Actions, Failure of Safety Audit)
14,008
14,153
17,978
ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS
Total Truck and Bus Inspections
3,582,648
3,492,115
3,408,973
Trucks
  128,582
3,329,440
121,937
3,243,146
121,802
3,168,398
HM Trucks
     4,055
  200,122
   4,703
  196,973
   5,604
  191,629
Buses
   11,365
  113,261
 10,536
  116,496
 10,224
  108,549
Motorcoaches
     8,498
   27,358
   7,870
    31,766
   7,795
    24,942
DRIVER/VEHICLE INSPECTIONS/OOS RATES
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Driver
Vehicle
Total Number of Truck Inspections
3,402,940
2,341,027
3,318,083
2,290,815
3,241,165
2,246,695
Total Number of Bus Inspections
    61,943
  102,075
    64,209
  101,951
    54,958
  100,054
Truck OOS Rate
      4.9%
    20.8%
      4.9%
     20.6%
      5.0%
    20.9%
Bus OOS Rate
      5.2%
      6.8%
      5.2%
      7.2%
      4.9%
      7.3%
*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 October 24, 2014.

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