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Motor Carrier Safety Unit (MCSU)

  • MCSU Troopers ensure that passenger buses meet safety requirements.

Motor Carrier Safety teams ensure that trucks and buses meet all safety requirements when operating on Virginia highways. Troopers assigned to the Motor Carrier Safety program regularly present lectures to the public and other interested groups on motor carrier safety and hazardous materials regulations. They also serve as instructors in criminal justice training academies.

New Entrant Safety Assurance Program

The Virginia State Police Motor Carrier Safety Unit works with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to review carriers for the New Entrant Safety Assurance Program for interstate commerce.

For information on the program, refer to FMCSA’s New Entrant Safety Assurance Program.

If you have specific questions in reference to the assignment of your safety audit, please call: (804) 278-5332 or email: newentrant.safety@vsp.virginia.gov.

Motor Carrier Driver/Vehicle Examination Reports

To order Motor Carrier Driver/ Vehicle Reports, call (804) 278-5335 or email:  mcsu2@vsp.virginia.gov.

If driver or vehicle (s) have been placed out of service (OOS), those reports may be returned by fax: (804) 254-1635, by mail: P.O. Box 27472 Richmond, VA 23261, or by email: mcsu2@vsp.virginia.gov.

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)