FMCSA Random Drug Testing Rate Holds at 50% in 2025
But PHMSA’s Drug Testing Rate Rises From 25% to 50% This Year
The drug testing rate has been the same since 2020. For truck drivers, if the national average positive rate is below 1% for two consecutive years, the testing rate drops to 25%. (Getty Images 1207515903)
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Motor carriers must continue to conduct random drug tests with 50% of their truck drivers and random alcohol tests with 10% of their drivers in 2025, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced.
These percentages have remained in effect since 2020, when FMCSA officials announced they were increasing the minimum annual percentage rate for random controlled substances testing for drivers of commercial motor vehicles from 25% of the average number of driver positions.
While the random drug test rate requirement remained the same for FMCSA, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined…
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