08/11/2026
The 2026 CVSA Brake Safety Week is Aug. 23-29.
In addition to reporting inspections and brake-related out-of-service violations, inspectors also capture and provide data.
Here's a look at some of the data from last year's Brake Safety Week:
🔹During the 2025 initiative, in the U.S., inspectors conducted 13,700 inspections and discovered 2,035 (14.9%) brake-related out-of-service violations. In Canada, inspectors conducted 1,459 inspections and discovered 260 (17.8%) brake-related out-of-service violations. In Mexico, inspectors conducted 16 inspections and discovered one (6.3%) brake-related out-of-service violations.
🔹Combined, 15,175 inspections were conducted, and 2,296 (15.1%) brake-related out-of-service violations were identified throughout North America.
🔹The most-cited reason a vehicle was placed out of service was because 20% or more of the vehicle’s (or combination of vehicles’) service brakes had an out-of-service condition. Inspectors identified 1,199 such violations, which is a 52.2% out-of-service rate.
Learn more here:
https://cvsa.org/news/2026-bsw-dates/