Safety Ratings
Manitoba Government requires motor carriers to demonstrate safe operation and compliance with applicable highway safety laws and regulations related to motor carriers. In compliance with the National Safety Code (NSC 14), Manitoba has four safety rating categories:
- Satisfactory-unaudited: Assigned to all new registrants of NSC vehicles. Carriers may exist in this category indefinitely, provided their carrier profile continues to demonstrate safe operation and compliance with applicable highway safety laws and regulations related to motor carriers.
- Satisfactory: Assigned when a carrier passes a third party or Transportation and Infrastructure facility audit AND the carrier's profile demonstrates safe operation and compliance with applicable highway safety laws and regulations related to motor carriers.
- Conditional: Assigned when a carrier fails a third party or MCD facility audit OR the carrier's profile does not demonstrate safe operation and compliance with applicable highway safety laws and regulations related to motor carriers. It is also assigned when a carrier is re-applying for a Safety Fitness Certificate after having it revoked.
- Unsatisfactory: Assigned when a carrier's safety performance deteriorates to such a degree that Transportation and Infrastructure deems the carrier to be an unacceptable road safety risk. A carrier rated Unsatisfactory is prohibited from registering NSC vehicles in Manitoba or other Canadian jurisdictions.
A carrier’s previous 24-month on-road performance record in the Carrier Profile System (CPS) is used to monitor and assess their safety level. A carrier is assessed to have demonstrated safe operation and compliance with applicable highway safety laws and regulations when their overall performance threshold in the CPS is less than 85%.
Carrier performance ratings are calculated each month and safety ratings are reviewed on a quarterly basis. Regardless of a carrier’s overall on-road performance record, a carrier’s safety rating may not be adjusted when their overall performance threshold passes the 85% mark.
Carriers eligible for a safety rating change will have their carrier profile assessed on a case-by-case basis on the quarterly review cycle. Any of the following items on a carrier’s record may trigger additional review by department staff and may result in a full NSC 15 facility audit:
- involved in serious collisions
- charged under the Periodic Mandatory Vehicle Inspection Regulation
- identified as having provided false information on their SFC Application
- multiple incidents on a single threshold (i.e. accidents, inspections, convictions) that indicates a culture of not complying with safety regulations
- failed an audit within the previous 36 months.
