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Table 5-5. Commercial Motor Carrier Compliance Review

The safety fitness of motor carriers has improved markedly over the past few years. In 2005, the share of motor carriers rated satisfactory was 64 percent, up from 51 percent in 2000.

Table in Excel format | Historical file

Safety Rating 2000
Number
2000
Percent
2004
Number
2004
Percent
2005
Number
2005
Percent
Satisfactory 5,309 51.1 (R) 4,424 57.8 5,098 64.3
Conditional 3,354 32.3 (R) 2,307 30.2 1,699 21.4
Unsatisfactory 1,481 14.3 (R) 702 9.2 441 5.6
Not rated 245 2.4 (R) 218 2.8 692 8.7
Total 10,389 100.0 (R) 7,651 100.0 7,930 100.0

Key: R = revised

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), Compliance Review Activity by Safety Rating for Calendar Years, available at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ as of May 4, 2006.

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