CVSA releases 2026 commercial vehicle inspection blitz schedule

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has shared dates for next year’s major North American commercial vehicle inspection and enforcement campaigns.

With the CVSA’s last major commercial vehicle inspection effort of 2025 complete, the agency is setting its sights on the schedule for the 2026 campaigns and enforcement activities taking place in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

See below for a schedule CVSA’s planned commercial vehicle blitzes for 2026.

CVSA’s 2026 CMV Blitz Schedule

Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative

International Roadcheck

• In the U.S., the Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative is scheduled for January 12-16, 2026.
• In Canada, the Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative will be held February 23-27, 2026.
• In Mexico, the Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative is set for March 16-20, 2026.
• The CVSA’s annual Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative is a five-day human trafficking awareness, outreach, identification and prevention initiative aims to educate commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers, law enforcement officers and the general public about the crime of human trafficking, the signs to look for and what to do if you suspect someone is being trafficked

International Roadcheck

• International Roadcheck is scheduled for May 12-14, 2026.
• Taking place over 72 hours, International Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial motor vehicles in the world.

Operation Safe Driver Week

• Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 12-18, 2026.
• During Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement agencies use educational and traffic enforcement strategies to target unsafe driving behaviors performed by passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers

Brake Safety Week

• Brake Safety Week is scheduled for August 23-29, 2026.
• During Brake Safety Week, inspectors will conduct brake system inspections (primarily Level IV Inspections) on large trucks and buses throughout North America to identify brake-system violations.

Unannounced Brake Safety Day

• The CVSA will hold an unannounced Brake Safety Day, one-day brake safety enforcement initiative, which may be held at any time during 2026.
• During Brake Safety Day, commercial motor vehicle inspectors will conduct brake system inspections (primarily Level IV Inspections) on large trucks and buses throughout North America to identify brake-system violations.

Unannounced Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods (HM/DG) Road Blitz

• The CVSA will hold the HM/DG Road Blitz, an unannounced five day HM/DG inspection and enforcement initiative that can take place at any time during 2026.
• The HM/DG Road Blitz involves inspections of commercial motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials/dangerous goods.