The Shipper Verification of Carrier Hazardous Material Safety Permit (HMSP) function allows HM shippers of hazardous materials registered with FMCSA to check the status of a carrier's permit to transport those materials. The result will indicate whether or not the carrier associated with the USDOT Number entered by the user has a current active HMSP. This function is only available to hazardous material shippers that have registered with FMCSA and have a USDOT number and associated Personal Identification Number (PIN).

All commercial drivers whose current medical certificate expires on or after May 21, 2014, at expiration of that certificate must be examined by a medical professional listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. Only medical examiners that have completed training and successfully passed a test on FMCSA's physical qualification standards will be listed on the National Registry.

The DART team is responsible for fulfilling ad hoc data requests that come in to the Analysis Division, FMCSA. The DART system tracks these requests, stores any coding and results, and performs internal reporting about requests received.

Borland StarTeam (now owned by Micro Focus) is the FMCSA Change Management tool for IT systems.

Data Quality identifies FMCSA resources for evaluating, monitoring, and improving the quality of data submitted by States to the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).

The objective of the FMCSA's Program Effectiveness research is to measure the effectiveness of the FMCSA Safety Programs. The Compliance Review Effectiveness Model and the Intervention Model provide estimates of the beneficial impact of these programs on reducing crashes resulting in lives saved and injuries avoided. The Resource Allocation model utilizes the results of these two models to analyze the allocation of state resources.

This area of the website provides information on three of the safety programs established by FMCSA to support this mission. The three programs covered by this area include reviews, roadside inspections of commercial vehicles and drivers, and traffic enforcement stops of CMVs operating in an unsafe manner. Each program is implemented in conjunction with the states and devoted to improving motor carrier safety by reducing the number and severity of crashes involving large trucks and buses.

A list of Significant Guidance documents, which include guidance document disseminated to regulated entities or the general public that may reasonably be anticipated to lead to an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities; create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in Executive Order 12866, as further amended.

The reports listed below are designed to provide information focused on passenger vehicles and carriers. All reports provide options to choose fiscal or calendar year, and carrier domicile including United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Contains data on civil penalties (fines) assessed by FMCSA against motor carriers, brokers and other entities.