Table 5-5: Commercial Motor Carrier Compliance Review Activity by Safety Rating
The safety fitness of motor carriers has improved markedly over the past few years. In 2003, the share of motor carriers being rated satisfactory was 60 percent, up from 48 percent in 1999.
| Safety Rating | 1999 Number |
1999 Percent |
2001 Number |
2001 Percent |
2003 Number |
2003 Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | 3,485 | 47.9 | 4,904 | 58.0 | 4,995 | 59.9 |
| Conditional | 2,543 | 34.9 | 2,524 | 29.9 | 2,346 | 28.1 |
| Unsatisfactory | 1,122 | 15.4 | 749 | 8.9 | 757 | 9.1 |
| Not rated | 128 | 1.8 | 274 | 3.2 | 242 | 2.9 |
| Total | 7,278 | 100.0 | 8,451 | 100.0 | 8,340 | 100.0 |
Note: A compliance review is an on-site examination of a motor carrier's records and operations to determine whether the carrier meets the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's safety fitness standard. This entails having adequate safety management controls in place to ensure acceptable compliance with applicable safety requirements to reduce the risk associated with: alcohol and controlled substance testing violations; commercial driver's license standard violations; inadequate levels of financial responsibility; the use of unqualified drivers; improper use and driving of motor vehicles; unsafe vehicles operating on the highways; failure to maintain crash registers and copies of crash reports; the use of fatigued drivers; inadequate inspection, repair, and maintenance of vehicles; transportation of hazardous materials; driving and parking rule violations; violation of hazardous materials regulations; motor vehicle crashes and hazardous materials incidents.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Administration, Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), June 25, 2004 data snapshot, available at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ as of October 2004.
