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| Active Carriers | Interstate motor carriers and HM intrastate motor carriers with an active U.S. DOT number. |
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| Compliance Reviews (CRs) | On-site examinations 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 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Rules and Notices (FMCSRs) Section 385.5 (a) through (k). |
| Crash Accuracy Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the percentage of crash records reported by the State over a 12-month period that were matched to a company registered in MCMIS. |
| Crash Consistency (Overriding Indicator) |
This "red flag" indicates States that have reported less than 50% of non-fatal crash records for the current 12-month period compared to the yearly average, based on the previous 36-months. |
| Crash Rating | This rating considers the five SSDQ crash measures and the Overriding Indicator, except measures with a rating of "Insufficient Data." States receive an overall score based on ratings in each of the crash measures and the Overriding Indicator. A State that has received a "red flag" will be automatically rated "Poor." A State with at least one "Good" measure and no measures considered "Poor" will receive a "Good" grade. A State with one measure considered "Poor" will receive a "Fair" grade; and any State with two or more "Poor" measures will receive a "Poor" grade. |
| Crash Record Completeness Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the completeness of driver and vehicle crash data reported to FMCSA. |
| Crash Timeliness Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the percentage of crash records reported to FMCSA within 90 days over a 12-month period. |
| Driver OOS Rate | The percentage of roadside inspections (Levels I, II, and III) that resulted in OOS orders. |
| Fatal Crash Completeness Measure | This measure determines a rating based on a comparison of the number of State-reported fatal crash records in MCMIS to the number of fatal crash records reported in FARS. |
| Fatal Crash | 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. |
| Fatality | One or more persons dies due to injuries resulting from a crash involving a large truck or bus within 30 days of the crash. It includes any person involved in the crash, including pedestrians and bicyclists, as well as occupants of passenger cars, trucks, and buses. |
| Fatality Rate | The fatality rate is equal to the "Number of fatalities involved in commercial motor vehicle fatal crashes" divided by the "Adjusted VMT for Commercial Motor Vehicles" multiplied by 100. Fatality rate figures represent CMV fatalities per 100 million vehicle-miles traveled. |
| 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 OOS Rate | The percentage of roadside inspections (Levels I, II, and III when HM is present) that resulted in OOS orders. |
| Injury | One or more persons has non-fatal injuries requiring transportation by a vehicle for the purpose of obtaining immediate medical attention as the result of a crash that involved a large truck or bus. |
| Injury Crash | A crash where one or more persons has non-fatal injuries requiring transportation by a vehicle for the purpose of obtaining immediate medical attention. |
| Inspection Accuracy Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the percentage of inspection records reported by the States over a 12-month period that were matched to a company registered in MCMIS. |
| Inspection Levels | The North American Standard Truck Inspection procedures comprise six levels of inspections (A&I Online only reports on inspection Levels I-V.) For a comprehensive description of each level visit www.cvsa.org. (Review the FMCSA Regulations for detailed definitions of the regulations.) |
| Inspection Timeliness Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the percentage of inspection records reported to FMCSA within 21 days over a 12-month period. |
| Inspection (Roadside Inspections, (RIs)) |
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. Traffic enforcement violations also may be recorded in conjunction with an 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 that 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. |
| Non-fatal Crash | 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. The sum of the number of vehicles involved in towaway and injury crashes equals the total number of vehicles involved in non-fatal crashes. |
| Non-Fatal Crash Completeness Measure | This measure determines a rating based on the percentage of non-fatal crash records reported to MCMIS by the States over a 12-month time period. A ratio of predicted non-fatals to reported non-fatals is used to determine the State"s non-fatal crash completeness. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Other Specified Violations | Other Specified Violations include: 392.20 - Failing to properly secure parked vehicle 392.21 - Stopped vehicle interfering with traffic 392.22A - Failing to use hazard warning flashers 392.22B - Failing/Improper placement of warning devices 392.2W - Size and weight 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. |
| Overall State Rating | This rating considers all seven SSDQ measures and the Overriding Indicator, except measures with a rating of "Insufficient Data." States receive an overall score based on ratings in each of the measures and the Overriding Indicator. A State that has received a "red flag" will be automatically rated "Poor." A State with at least one "Good" measure and no measures considered "Poor" will receive a "Good" grade. A State with one measure considered "Poor" will receive a "Fair" grade; and any State with two or more "Poor" measures will receive a "Poor" grade. |
| 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. |
| SafeStat Scored Carriers (Cat A, B, and C) |
Carriers receive a SafeStat score if the carrier is deficient in at least two (of four) Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs). A SEA with a value from 75 to 100 is defined as deficient. This range approximates the worst 25% of the carriers assessed within a particular SEA. Therefore, SafeStat requires a “critical mass” of poor performance data before a carrier is scored and assigned to a Category of A, B, or C. |
| SafeStat Scored Carriers Power Units (Cat A, B, and C) |
The power units associated with the SafeStat Scored Carriers. (See definition above.) |
| 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 crash data 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 the FMCSRs, Section 385.5. 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. |
| Specified Violations | Includes violations that are a result of serious traffic violations (moving and drug/alcohol violations) and other traffic 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. |
| Towaway Crash | 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. |
| Traffic Enforcement (TE) | 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 Section 385.5 (a) through (k). Motor carriers receiving an "unsatisfactory safety rating" may be subject to the provisions of Section 385.13. |
| Unspecified Traffic Violations | Includes: 392.2 - Local laws (general) 392.2D - Other driver violations 392.2OT - Other moving violations 392.2V - Other vehicle defects 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. |
| Vehicle Inspections | Roadside inspections (Levels I, II, and V) conducted on vehicles operated. |
| Vehicle OOS Rate | The percentage of vehicle inspections (Levels I, II, and V) that resulted in OOS orders. |