Brake violations sidelined 2,300 trucks during Brake Safety Week
More than 84% of trucks inspected during the week-long brakes-focused event in August did not have any brake-related out-of-service...
Out of the 15,528 commercial motor vehicle brake inspections conducted in North America for this year’s Brake Safety Week, 84.7% (13,159 vehicles) did not have any brake-related out-of-service (OOS) violations.
That left 2,369 vehicles that were inspected placed out-of-service for brake-related violations -- a 15.3% OOS rate.
Brake Safety Week is the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) seven-day inspection and compliance assessment program focused on identifying brake-system violations and educating commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers and other industry stakeholders about the importance of properly functioning brake systems.
At the national level in the U.S., brake violations have become more prominent since the beginning of 2025, as evidenced in the chart below showing Overdrive and sister Fusable company RigDig's analysis of federal data.
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