| Active Carriers | Interstate motor carriers and HM intrastate motor carriers with an active U.S. DOT number. |
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| Bus Crossings | The U.S. Customs agency defines the number of arriving buses as all buses whether or not they are carrying passengers. |
| Carriers with OP-2 Authority | Mexican carriers that can operate only in commercial zones. |
| Commercial Drivers | Drivers employed by interstate motor carriers and HM intrastate motor carriers with an active U.S. DOT number. |
| Commercial Motor Vehicles Involved Crashes | The number of commercial motor vehicles involved in a NGA reportable crash. In MCMIS, an NGA reportable crash must involve a truck (a vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for carrying property, with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of more than 10,000 lbs.) or bus (a vehicle with seats for at least nine people, including the driver). |
| Commercial Motor Vehicles Involved in Fatal Crashes | The number of commercial motor vehicles involved in a crash where one or more persons dies within 30 days of the crash. The fatality does not have to occur at the scene of the crash. It includes any person involved in the crash, including pedestrians and bicyclists, as well as occupants of the passenger cars and trucks. |
| Commercial Motor Vehicles Involved in Non-Fatal Injury Crashes | The number of commercial motor vehicles involved in a crash where one or more persons has non-fatal injuries requiring transportation by a vehicle for the purpose of obtaining immediate medical attention. |
| Commercial Motor Vehicles Involved in Non-Fatal Crashes | The number of commercial motor vehicles involved in a crash where one or more persons has non-fatal injuries requiring transportation by a vehicle for the purpose of obtaining immediate medical attention; or one or more of the vehicles were towed away from the scene due to "disabling damage." The towed vehicle need not be the truck or bus involved in the crash. |
| Commercial Motor Vehicles Involved in Towaway Crashes | The number of commercial motor vehicles involved in a crash where one or more of the vehicles were towed away from the scene due to "disabling damage". The towed vehicle need not be the truck or bus involved in the crash. |
| Commercial Zone | The area around a port of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border in which motor carriers, domiciled in Mexico, with an approved Form OP-2 can operate. |
| Commercial Zones Inspections | Roadside inspections that occurred in a county along the US-Mexican border where there is a border crossing location. |
| Compliance Reviews | Compliance reviews consist of federal and state compliance reviews. A compliance review is an on-site examination of motor carrier operations, such as drivers' hours of service, maintenance and inspection, driver qualification, commercial drivers license requirements, financial responsibility, crashes, hazardous materials, and other safety and transportation records to determine whether a motor carrier meets the safety fitness standard. A compliance review may be conducted in response to a request to change a safety rating, to investigate potential violations of safety regulations by motor carriers, or to investigate complaints or other evidence of safety violations. The compliance review may result in the initiation of an enforcement action. |
| Conditional | A safety rating received as a result of a Compliance Review. A Conditional rating is defined as: a motor carrier does not have adequate safety management controls in place to ensure compliance with the safety fitness standard that could result in occurrences listed in § 385.5 (a) through (k). |
| CVSA Decals |
If a vehicle passes a roadside inspection, a CVSA decal is obtained
from the certified government employee who performs the inspection.
The term "certified" means the government employee performing inspections
and/or affixing CVSA decals must have first successfully completed a
training program approved by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
Decals, when affixed, shall remain valid for a period not to exceed
three consecutive months. Vehicles displaying a valid decal generally
will not be subject to reinspection. Reinspection of a vehicle
bearing a current and valid CVSA decal is contemplated under the
following circumstances:
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| Driver Inspections | Driver inspections (Level I, II, III, and VI) conducted on interstate and intrastate motor carriers. |
| Driver Inspections w/ OOS Violations | Driver inspections (Levels I, II, III, and VI) conducted on interstate and intrastate motor carriers that resulted in at least one OOS violation reported. |
| Driver OOS Rate | The percentage of roadside inspections (Levels I, II, III, and VI) that resulted in an OOS order for interstate and intrastate motor carriers. |
| Driver OOS Violations | A driver is determined to be non-compliant with a specific driver FMCSR and/or HMR that has been identified as a serious violation and therefore results in a driver OOS order. The violation of the FMCSR and/or HMR must be corrected before the affected driver can return to service. |
| Driver Violations | When a carrier is determined to be non-compliant with a specific driver FMCSR and/or HMR during a Roadside Inspection, the carrier is reported as being in "violation" of the regulation. |
| Drug and Alcohol | Any driver violation that relates to use or possession of drugs or alcohol. Violations include:
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| Exports to Canada by Truck | Value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in the United States and crossing the US-Canadian border by truck from the United States to Canada. |
| Exports to Mexico by Truck | Value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in the United States and crossing the US-Mexican border by truck from the United States to Mexico. |
| Fatalities | The number of persons that die due to injuries resulting from crashes involving commercial motor vehicles. This number includes any person involved in the crash, including pedestrians and bicyclists, as well as occupants of passenger cars and trucks that dies within 30 days of the crash. |
| Federal Compliance Review | Federal compliance reviews are those compliance reviews conducted by U.S. Federal Safety Inspectors. |
| Federal Inspections | Roadside inspections conducted by US Federal staff. |
| Federal OOS Rate | The percentage of all inspections conducted by federal personnel that resulted in OOS orders. A single inspection can result in an OOS order for either the driver or the vehicle, or potentially both; therefore, data are presented in subcategories for driver and vehicle. |
| Hazardous Material (HM) | HM is any substance or material which has been determined by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce and which has been so designated under regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Most vehicles carrying HM are required by law to conspicuously display a placard indicating the class, type, or the specific name of the HM cargo. In addition, vehicles transporting HM in tank cars, cargo tanks, or portable tanks are required to display the four-digit hazardous materials number assigned to the specific material on placards or orange panels. |
| HM Inspections | Roadside inspections (Levels I, II, III, and VI when HM is present) conducted on interstate and intrastate motor carriers. |
| HM Inspections w/OOS Violations | Roadside inspections (Levels I, II, III, and VI when HM is present) conducted on interstate and intrastate motor carriers that resulted in at least one OOS violation reported. |
| HM OOS Rate | The percentage of roadside inspections (Levels I, II, III, and VI when HM is present) that resulted in OOS orders for interstate motor carriers and HM intrastate motor carriers with an active U.S. DOT number. |
| HM OOS Violations | A carrier is determined to be non-compliant with a specific HMR that has been identified as a serious violation and therefore results in a HM OOS order. The violation must be corrected before the affected driver or vehicle can return to service. |
| HM Operations | Interstate motor carriers or intrastate motor carriers with HM-carrying operations that possess an active U.S. DOT number. By selecting this filtering option, data are limited to carriers with HM operation capabilities, not necessarily those that were carrying HM at the time the data were recorded. |
| HM Violations | When a carrier is determined to be non-compliant with a specific HMR during a roadside inspection, the carrier is reported as being in "violation" of the regulation. |
| Imports from Canada by Truck | Value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in Canada and crossing the US-Canadian border by truck from Canada to the United States. |
| Imports from Mexico by Truck | Value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in Mexico and crossing the US-Mexican border by truck from Mexico to the United States. |
| Inspection Levels | The North American Standard Truck Inspection procedures comprise six levels of inspections, Levels I-VI.) For a comprehensive description of each level click here. (Review the FMCSA Regulations for detailed definitions of the regulations.) |
| Inspections | An inspection occurs when a Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) inspector conducts an examination on individual commercial motor vehicles and drivers to determine if they are safe to operate by determining if they are in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) and Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). Serious violations result in driver or vehicle OOS orders, which must be corrected before the affected driver or vehicle can return to service. Drivers that ignore existing OOS orders (returning to service without taking the proper corrective action) are cited for violating an OOS order. Moving violations also may be recorded in conjunction with an inspection. |
| Inspections with Traffic Enforcement Violations | The number of inspections that occurred as a result of a traffic enforcement stop. The Traffic Enforcement program involves the enforcement of twenty-one moving and non-moving driver violations, which are included in the driver violation portion of the roadside inspection procedures. Only those traffic enforcements that result in a subsequent roadside inspection are fundable by MCSAP. If a roadside inspection results in only a Drug or Alcohol related violation, then it is excluded as a Traffic Enforcement Type Inspection. |
| Level I Inspections (North American Standard Inspection) | An inspection that includes examination of driver's license, medical examiner's certificate and waiver, if applicable, alcohol and drugs, driver's record of duty status as required, hours of service, seat belt, vehicle inspection report, brake system, coupling devices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, turn signals, brake lamps, tail lamps, head lamps, lamps on projecting loads, safe loading, steering mechanism, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and rims, windshield wipers, emergency exits on buses, and hazardous materials (HM) requirements, as applicable. |
| Level II Inspections (Walk Around Driver/Vehicle Inspection) | An examination that includes each of the items specified under the North American Standard Inspection. As a minimum, Level II inspections must include examination of: driver's license, medical examinees certificate and waiver, if applicable, alcohol and drugs, driver's record of duty status as required, hours of service, seat belt, vehicle inspection report, brake system, coupling devices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, turn signals, brake lamps, tail lamps, head lamps, lamps on projecting loads, safe loading, steering mechanism, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and rims, windshield wipers, emergency exits on buses, and HM requirements, as applicable. The walk-around driver/vehicle inspection generally includes only those items which can be inspected without physically getting under the vehicle. |
| Level III Inspections (Driver Only Inspection) | A roadside examination of the driver's license, medical certification and waiver, if applicable, driver's record of duty status as required, hours of service, seat belt, vehicle inspection report, and HM requirements, as applicable. |
| Level IV Inspections (Special Study) | Inspections under this heading typically include a one-time examination of a particular item. These examinations are normally made in support of a study or to verify or refute a suspected trend. |
| Level V Inspections (Vehicle Only Inspection) | An inspection that includes each of the vehicle inspection items specified under the North American Standard Inspection (Level I), without a driver present, conducted at any location. |
| Level VI Inspections (North American Standard Inspection for Transuranic Waste and Highway Route Controlled Quantities (HRCQ) of Radioactive Material) | An inspection for select radiological shipments, which include inspection procedures, enhancements to the North American Standard Level I Inspection, radiological requirements, and the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria for Transuranic Waste and Highway Route Controlled Quantities (HRCQ) of Radioactive Material. As of January 1, 2005, all vehicles and carriers transporting highway route controlled quantities (HRCQ) of radioactive material are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation and required to pass the North American Standard Level VI Inspection. Previously, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) voluntarily complied with the North American Standard Level VI Inspection Program requirements. Select radiological shipments include highway route controlled quantities (HRCQ) of radioactive material as defined by Title 49 CFR Section 173.403. And, because only a small fraction of transuranics are HRCQ, DOE has decided to include its transuranic waste shipments in the North American Standard Level VI Inspection Program. |
| Mexican Domiciled Carriers with Limited Authority Beyond the Commercial Zone | Mexican domiciled carriers with limited authority beyond the commercial zone are based on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's most recent carrier list. Inspection and crash data for carriers with limited authority beyond the commercial zone may have occurred in the commercial zone or beyond. |
| Mexican Domiciled Carriers in the Commercial Zone | Mexican domiciled carriers in the commercial zone are identified differently for inspection versus crash data. In the case of inspections, domicile information for a carrier is based on census address information when the DOT number is available. When an inspection does not have a DOT number associated with it, the domicile information for a carrier provided at the time of the inspection is used. For crashes, domicile information for the carrier is based on the domicile information provided at the time of the crash. Inspections or crashes must have occurred in the commercial zone. Data for Mexican domiciled carriers in the commercial zone excludes the data of those carriers with limited authority beyond the commercial zone. |
| Miscellaneous Violations |
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| Moving Violations |
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| North American Exports by Truck | The total value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in the United States and shipped via truck into either Canada or Mexico. |
| North American Imports by Truck | The total value (in U.S. Dollars) of goods and merchandise originating in either Canada or Mexico and shipped via truck into the United States. |
| Not Rated | An unrated carrier means that a safety rating, as a result of a Compliance Review, has not been assigned to the motor carrier by the FMCSA. |
| Number of Crossings | The number of trucks and buses entering the U.S. from Mexico or Canada. The U.S. Customs agency defines the number of arriving trucks, as all trucks not including privately owned pick-up trucks; and buses as all buses whether or not they are carrying passengers. |
| OOS Rate | The Out of Service (OOS) rate represents the percentage of all inspections that resulted in OOS orders. A single inspection can result in an OOS order for either the driver or the vehicle, or potentially both; therefore data are presented in subcategories for driver and vehicle. |
| Passenger Operations | Interstate motor carriers with passenger carrying operations that possess an active U.S. DOT number. By selecting this filtering option, data are limited to carriers with passenger operation capabilities, not necessarily those that were carrying passengers at the time the data were recorded. |
| Port of Entry | A Port of Entry is any designated place at which a U.S. Customs officer is authorized to accept entries of merchandise, to collect duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the Customs and Navigation laws (19 CFR 101.1). Some port of entries may be further classified as a Service Port. A Service Port is a Customs location having a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification (19 CFR 101.1). |
| Power Units | Identifies the number of trucks, tractors, hazardous material tank trucks, motor coaches, and school buses owned, term leased or trip leased by the motor carrier. Carriers with zero power units include carriers with trip-leased vehicles, shippers who may not have power units, and carriers with no power unit information available. |
| Railroad Crossing |
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| Safety Rating | A motor carrier receives a safety rating when the safety investigator conducts an on-site review of the carrier's compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and the Hazardous Materials Regulations. The investigator reviews records, evaluates roadside vehicle inspection data, and crashes to determine whether a motor carrier meets the Safety Fitness standard. (Review the FMCSA Regulations for a detailed definition of a safety rating.) |
| Satisfactory | A safety rating received as a result of a compliance review. A Satisfactory rating is defined as: a motor carrier has in place and functioning adequate safety management controls to meet the safety fitness standard prescribed in § 385.5 (a) through (k). Safety management controls are adequate if they are appropriate for the size and type of operation of the particular motor carrier. |
| Serious Traffic Violations | Includes moving violations of a serious nature along with drug and alcohol violations. For a detailed description of the specific violations listed for each category refer to: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsrhome.htm or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations handbook. |
| State Compliance Reviews | State compliance reviews are conducted by State Safety Inspectors. |
| State Inspections | Roadside inspections conducted by MCSAP-funded State enforcement personnel. |
| State OOS Rate | The percentage of all inspections conducted by State personnel that resulted in OOS orders. A single inspection can result in an OOS order for either the driver or the vehicle, or potentially both; therefore data are presented in subcategories for driver and vehicle. |
| Total Injuries (Fatal & Non-Fatal Crashes) | The number of people with non-fatal injuries requiring transportation by a vehicle for the purpose of obtaining immediate medical attention as a result of both fatal and non-fatal crashes. |
| Total North American Trade by Truck | The sum of Total North American Exports by Truck and the Total North American Imports by Truck. |
| Truck Crossings | The U.S. Customs agency defines the number of arriving trucks as all trucks not including privately owned pick-up trucks. |
| Truck and Bus Crossings | The U.S. Customs agency defines the number of arriving trucks and buses as all trucks, not including privately owned pick-up trucks and all buses, whether or not they are carrying passengers. |
| Traffic Enforcement | The Traffic Enforcement program involves the enforcement of twenty-one moving and non-moving driver violations, which are included in the driver violation portion of the roadside inspection procedures. Only those traffic enforcements that result in the performance of a subsequent roadside inspection are included in the MCSAP program. If a roadside inspection results in only a Drug or Alcohol-Related violation then it is excluded as a Traffic Enforcement Type Inspection. |
| Unsatisfactory | A safety rating received as a result of a compliance review. An Unsatisfactory rating is defined as: a motor carrier does not have adequate safety management controls in place to ensure compliance with the safety fitness standard which has resulted in occurrences listed in § 385.5 (a) through (k). Motor carriers receiving an "unsatisfactory safety rating" may be subject to the provisions of Section 385.13. |
| Value | Imports: "VALUE" refers to the U.S. Customs value or the value of
merchandise for duty purposes. It is usually the selling price in the foreign country
of origin. It excludes freight costs, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing
the merchandise from the foreign country to the United States.
Exports: "VALUE" refers to the value of the merchandise, usually the selling price, plus insurance, and freight at the U.S. port of export. The value, as defined, excludes the cost of loading the merchandise aboard the exporting carrier at the port of export and also excludes freight, insurance, and any charges or transportation costs beyond the U.S. port of exportation. |
| Vehicle Inspections | Roadside Inspections (Levels I, II, V, and VI) conducted on vehicles operated by interstate and intrastate carriers. |
| Vehicle Inspections w/ OOS Violations | Roadside Inspections (Levels I, II, V, and VI) conducted on vehicles operated by interstate and intrastate carriers that resulted in at least one OOS violation reported. |
| Vehicle OOS Rate | The percentage of vehicle inspections (Levels I, II, V, and VI) that resulted in OOS orders for interstate and intrastate carriers. |
| Vehicle OOS Violations | A vehicle is determined to be non-compliant with and in violation of a specific FMCSR and/or HMR that has been identified as a serious regulation and therefore results in a vehicle OOS order. The violation of the FMCSR and/or HMR must be corrected before the affected vehicle can return to service. |
| Vehicle Violations | When a carrier is determined to be non-compliant with a specific vehicle FMCSR and/or HMR during a Roadside Inspection, the carrier is reported as being in "violation" of the regulation. |