it by taking steps within his/her control which would not have risked causing another kind of mishap, the accident was preventable.”


FMCSA relies on information in the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) crash report to confirm the driver’s license and medical certification status at the time of the crash. FMCSA will not proceed with the CPDP review until the state where the crash occurred has filed its MCMIS crash report. However, a motor carrier or driver can enter the required information and save the RDR in DataQs and then submit it once the crash is in MCMIS.


Under the finalized program, FMCSA will no longer publish preliminary not preventable determinations on its website nor allow public


A CPDP review


will not be conducted on a crash which does not fit one of the eligible categories.


input for a 30-day period before finalizing its determination. However, information about any crash will continue to be accepted by email to crash.preventability@dot. gov and will be fully considered.


FMCSA will post final determinations to SMS within 60 days of the determination and will post not preventable determinations to PSP within 60 days of the determination. Crashes will remain in PSP for 5 years from the date of the crash.


When NOT to Initiate a CPDP Review.


A CPDP review will not be conducted on a crash which does not fit one of the eligible categories. For ineligible crashes, there will not be a preventability determination at all. According to FMCSA, the eligible crashes are not complex fact situations and are amenable to review. Complex crashes are beyond the scope of CPDP.


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