CVSA Roadcheck 2026 Pulls 11.4% of Inspected Trucks Off the Road Day One — Brakes Lead, HOS Second.
The 72-hour international blitz wraps Thursday. Day-one out-of-service rates ran a hair above the 2025 baseline. Spot van rates on the Texas triangle moved $0.04/mi by 11am ET as carriers pulled drivers and trucks proactively. The lane-by-lane impact through Friday's contract close, below.
Day one of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's 2026 International Roadcheck closed with 11.4% of inspected commercial vehicles placed out of service, per the running CVSA dashboard at 18:00 ET. That is 0.6 points above the 2025 day-one print and the highest day-one OOS rate since 2022. Driver OOS rates ran 5.1% — also above last year.
The focus areas this year are brake systems and tractor-trailer connections. Tuesday's inspector emphasis is braking: stroke measurement on every air-brake equipped truck, slack adjuster inspection, and a verification check on automatic slack adjuster operation. Wednesday rotates to hours-of-service, with a particular focus on personal conveyance abuse and the post-2024 sleeper-berth flexibility provisions. Inspectors are also flagging driver qualification files at a higher rate than the 2025 program — early data suggests medical certification gaps are the top write-up.