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FMCSA activity and carrier vetting news, 16 October 2026
On 16 October 2026, FMCSA's Motus records showed 169 operating authorities go inactive (7 of them broker authorities), 15 new authority applications appear and 514 authorities become active. Liability insurance dropped off 338 authorities, 10 surety bonds or trust funds went off file and cargo insurance dropped off 2 authorities.
FMCSA changes on 16 October 2026
STOP
Changes that can read STOP on a carrier check
A carrier left with no active operating authority, or with no liability insurance in force, reads STOP: it may not haul for hire.
Authorities gone inactive
169
7 of them broker authorities
Liability insurance dropped
338
Liability on file went to none
CAUTION
Changes that can read CAUTION
A required bond or cargo filing that goes missing, and mail FMCSA could not deliver, each read CAUTION.
Bonds dropped
10
Surety bond or trust fund off file
Cargo insurance dropped
2
Cargo filing off file
Returned mail flagged
2
Carriers FMCSA could not reach by mail
Context
New, reinstated and changed records
Not a verdict on their own. Changing phone, email and address at once is often routine, and it is also the step a carrier identity theft needs, so CarrierScrub shows each change on the carrier’s page.
New authority applications
15
Listed by Motus for the first time
Granted or reinstated
514
Motus status now Active
Phone, email and address all changed
0
0 changed at least one
Census status to inactive
0
From MCS-150 updates
The last 7 days
| Day | Gone inactive | Liability dropped | Bonds dropped | Returned mail | New applications | Contact changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | 169 | 338 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 200 | 305 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 147 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 158 | 226 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 101 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 126 | 279 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 124 | 305 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9,336 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 157 | 317 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 334 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 357 | 456 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Headlines for brokers
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How this page works
CarrierScrub keeps a daily copy of two FMCSA open datasets on data.transportation.gov, Motus Carrier (each operating authority's status, required cover, liability, cargo and bond on file, and returned-mail flags) and the Company Census File (phone, email, address, name and status), and compares each day with the one before. These counts are the differences. Motus is compared in full every day. The census is compared daily for carriers that filed an MCS-150 update and in full once a week, so census counts run higher on the weekly sweep. A change FMCSA makes and reverses between two runs is not seen.
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Once a day, at about 15:10 UTC, after CarrierScrub's daily comparison of FMCSA's records has run. Each day also gets its own page at /news/ followed by the date.
Where do the FMCSA numbers come from?
From FMCSA's own open data on data.transportation.gov: the Motus Carrier dataset for operating authority, insurance, bond and returned-mail status, and the Company Census File for contact details. CarrierScrub compares each day's copy with the day before and counts what changed. No carrier is named on this page.
Does CarrierScrub write the news stories?
No. Each headline links to the publisher that wrote it. CarrierScrub picks the stories that bear on vetting carriers and shows the headline, publisher and date, nothing more.
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