TERM FMCSA Definition – “Private Motor Carrier”

Private Motor Carrier

Interstate Transportation by commercial motor vehicle, not for compensation, as defined in 49 CFR part 390.

• Property (Hazardous Materials) – transports any amount of hazardous materials.
• Property (Non-Hazardous Materials) – does not transport any hazardous materials.
• Passengers (Business) – A private motor carrier engaged in the interstate transportation of passengers which is provided in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise and not available to the public at large. Examples include companies that use buses to transport their employees without collecting a fee from them, or professional entertainers who use buses to transport themselves to or from performances. Commercial businesses that provide passenger transportation to the general public and charge a fee are not private motor carriers of passengers (business).
• Passengers (Non-Business) – A private motor carrier of passengers (nonbusiness) means a private motor carrier involved in the interstate transportation of passengers not provided in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise and not available to the public at large.
• Migrant Workers– Interstate transportation of three or more migrant workers to or from their employment by any commercial motor vehicle other than a passenger automobile or station wagon.