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Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)

What is the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)?

The MCSAP is a Federal grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of accidents and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles (CMV). The goal of the MCSAP is to reduce CMV-involved accidents, fatalities, and injuries through consistent, uniform, and effective CMV safety programs. Investing grant monies in appropriate safety programs will increase the likelihood that safety defects, driver deficiencies, and unsafe motor carrier practices will be detected and corrected before they become contributing factors to accidents

Enforcement Activities

2002 - Out of Service Orders
 
2001 - Out of Service Orders
 
2000 - Out of Service Orders
 
1999 - Out of Service Orders
 

The MCSAP also sets forth the conditions for participation by States and local jurisdictions and promotes the adoption and uniform enforcement of safety rules, regulations, and standards compatible with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and Federal Hazardous Material Regulations (HMRs) for both interstate and intrastate motor carriers and drivers.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31100-31104, 31108, 31136, 31140-31141, 31161, 31310-31311, 31502; and 49 CFR 1.48. Regulation: 49 CFR Part 350.

FY 2002 MCSAP basic and incentive grant allocations to the states - HTML Version - Excel Spreadsheet Version.

For more information, please download and view the new MCSAP brochure (March 2000): PDF (1.5Mb) o HTML.

Please also take a moment to view the information about North American Standard Driver/Vehicle Inspection Levels, which provides details on the six standard levels of inspection.