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FMCSA uses the SMS to assess noncompliance by analyzing on-road performance data collected from inspections, crash reports, and Acute and Critical Violations discovered during prior investigations.
Driving would help focus FMCSA’s investigative resources on carriers with higher crash rates. Reorganizing the Vehicle Maintenance categories would also provide more specific information to help motor carriers and enforcement pinpoint unsafe driver behavior and sources of vehicle maintenance issues. NEW
The two files available for download contain the publicly available inspection and violation data used for the current month’s SMS calculations. The inspection file contains identifying information for the inspection such as the U.S. DOT#, Report Number, Inspection Date, State, and Vehicle Information.
This report documents the Safety Measurement System (SMS) methodology developed to support the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Initiative for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The SMS is one of the major tools for measuring the safety of individual motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
The Safety Measurement System (SMS) is FMCSA’s workload prioritization tool. FMCSA uses the SMS to identify carriers with potential safety problems for interventions
This program allows motor carriers to access driver inspection and crash records electronically as a part of the hiring process.2. The SMS Methodology can be found on FMCSA’s CSA Website at http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/Documents/SMSMethodology.pdf. More information about PSP can be found on FMCSA’s PSP Website at http://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/. 2.
Welcome to the SMS Website, your one-stop-shop for public motor carrier safety data. SMS uses this information to identify motor carriers that pose the greatest risk to safety for interventions.
