The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released the results from Brake Safety Week 2022.
This year, Brake Safety Week took place August 21 — 27 in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
During Brake Safety Week, officers performed 38,117 inspections of commercial motor vehicles. Of those vehicles, 13.3% were place out of service for brake violations.
“That also means that nearly 87% of the commercial motor vehicles inspected throughout North America during Brake Safety Week did not have brake-related critical vehicle inspection item violations,” the CVSA pointed out.
The table below breaks down the results by country.
| Country | Number of Inspections | Number of Inspections with OOS Brake Violations | Percentage of Vehicles OOS for Brake Violations |
| Canada | 1,975 | 351 | 17.8% |
| Mexico | 1,740 | 44 | 2.5% |
| U.S. | 34,402 | 4,664 | 13.6% |
| North America | 38,117 | 5,059 | 13.3% |
The area of emphasis for Brake Safety Week 2022 was brake hose/tube chafing violations. Inspectors identified and documented a total of 6,305 brake hose/tube chafing violations.
Next year’s Brake Safety Week is scheduled for August 20 — 26, 2023. There will be an unannounced one-day brake safety enforcement initiative in 2023, which may be held at any time.