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About SAFER
Company Snapshot
The Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) System offers company safety
data to industry and the public over the internet. Access is provided free of
charge to the Company Snapshot, a concise
electronic record of a company’s identification, size,
commodity information, and safety record, including the safety rating (if
any), a roadside out-of-service inspection summary, and crash information.
The company snapshot is available via an ad-hoc query (one carrier at a
time).
Company Safety Profile Service
The Company Profile service provides access to the Company Safety Profile
for a fee. A Company Profile Subscription service is available for pre-ordering
profiles in advance.
Other functions may be available for a fee at a later date.
SAFER Database
SAFER is developed, maintained and hosted by the John A. Volpe National Transportation
Systems Center.
SAFER uses carrier information from existing
government motor carrier safety data bases. Presently, it consists of
interstate carrier data and several states' intrastate data, and interstate
vehicle registration data. Operational
data such as inspections and crashes are generally only presented for
interstate carriers, but plans are to include them for the intrastate
carriers at a later time.
Intelligent Transportation System
The SAFER system is a component of the Detparment of Transporation's
Intelligent Transportation System
(ITS) which is being designed to increase roadway safety, reduce motorist
delays and air pollution, and improve the overall productivity of commercial
vehicle operations (CVO) through the use of advanced technology.
Roadside Inspection Systems, CVISN, PRISM and SAFETYNET Users
The SAFER system includes the capability to provide
carrier, vehicle, and driver safety and credential information to fixed and
mobile roadside inspection stations and SAFETYNET installations, along with
systems operated by individual
States participating in the CVISN and PRISM programs. This information allows
the roadside
inspector to select vehicles and/or drivers for inspection based on the number
of prior carrier inspections, as well as carrier, vehicle, and driver safety
and credential historical information.
Electronic Screening
The SAFER system supports electronic screening of commercial vehicles in order
to allow Law Enforcement personnel to focus their efforts on vehicles most likely
to fail inspection.