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Data collected by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is used to support the following data systems and programs:

The Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) includes five files:

  • The Census File, with data collected from interstate truck and bus companies and intrastate carriers of hazardous materials, contains basic data on carrier vehicles, drivers, and commodities carried.

  • The Crash File, with data collected by State and local police jurisdictions, contains basic identification data on all trucks and buses involved in fatal, injury, and tow-away crashes.

  • The Inspection File, with data collected by State and FMCSA truck and bus inspectors, includes the results of roadside vehicle and driver safety inspections.

  • The Compliance Review File, with data collected by FMCSA and State Safety Investigators, contains the results of safety compliance reviews conducted on motor carriers.

  • The Enforcement File, with data collected from FMCSA enforcement cases against motor carriers, contains the results of closed enforcement cases against motor carriers.

  • The Commercial Driver License (CDL) program is a State-based system for which all States report serious traffic safety violations of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to the truck or bus driver’s home State.

  • The Drug and Alcohol Management Information System, with data collected through a sample survey of motor carriers, contains data on the percent of commercial drivers found to be violating Federal Motor Carrier drug and alcohol regulations.

  • The Safety and Fitness Electronic Records System (SAFER) contains safety information on individual motor carriers, with all data entered from MCMIS files.

  • The Motor Carrier Safety Fitness Measurement System (SafeStat) measures the relative (peer-to-peer) safety fitness of motor carriers with all data from MCMIS files.