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What is PSP?
PSP is the pre-employment screening program run through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. PSP gives access to a commercial driver’s five-year crash and three-year inspection history from the FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS). Records are accessible for commercial drivers, motor carriers, and companies performing pre-employment screening in the trucking industry.
What Information is in a PSP Report?
Five-year crash data, including details like date, location, type of crash, injuries, fatalities, and whether the vehicle was towed.
Three-year history of roadside inspections data, including violations, whether the vehicle was placed out-of-service, and the severity of the violations.
The record will also include the motor carrier the driver was working for at the time of the crash or inspection.
Why does PSP matter for Carriers?
Keeping drivers with excellent PSP records on the road and those with lower scores off the road allows drivers and carriers to ensure quality and optimal work performance. According to the FMCSA, companies using PSP to screen new hires on average lower their crash rate by almost 10% and driver out-of-service rates by nearly 20% compared to those that do not use PSP.
Why does PSP matter for Drivers?
Your PSP record is an impartial reference check that reports on the facts. It is important to know your PSP record status to ensure its accuracy and make sure it’s up to date. Having a good PSP record is beneficial as many employers reference your report to determine quality applicants.
Who Can Request a PSP Record?
Aside from the FMCSA itself, only the driver and an organization performing a pre-employment screening with a signed release form can access a driver’s PSP record.
What is a PSP Release Form?
The PSP release form is an authorization from the driver allowing a company to pull the driver’s PSP record.
Can I Access My Own PSP Record?
Yes, drivers can request and review their PSP record at any time by going to https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/driver/1. The fee to request a PSP record is $10. Drivers may also obtain their own information free of charge from FMCSA by submitting a Privacy Act request. Your PSP record is an impartial reference check that reports on the facts. It is important to know your PSP record status to ensure its accuracy and make sure it’s up to date.
How Do I Know If My PSP Record Changes?
Drivers can subscribe to a free monitoring service through FMCSA to receive an email each time their PSP record changes. Notifications about updates to your PSP record include any new crash violations or inspection data, when a violation or inspection has dropped off your record, or when an existing crash, violation, or inspection has been updated. Stay updated about your PSP record by going to https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/driver/1/subscribe and subscribing to PSP Driver Monitoring.
Is PSP Monitoring Free?
Yes. Drivers are able to request automated notifications with PSP monitoring each time their record is updated.
How Do You Clean Up a PSP Report?
The best course of action is to check your PSP for any errors and, if so, dispute them with the FMCSA. If the violations are correct, the best thing to do is to try to stop receiving violations. In addition, some states allow you to expunge records after a certain period of time. Follow our tips to keep a clean PSP and MVR.
How to Dispute a PSP Report?
To dispute an error on your PSP report visit: https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov and fill out a request for data review.
For more details on FMCSA’s PSP, visit https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/home