Carrier Safety Measurement System (CSMS, or SMS) - Raw Data

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Safety Management System (SMS) is an automated data system used by FMCSA to monitor motor carrier on-road safety performance. FMCSA analyzes safety performance by grouping carrier data in the SMS into seven Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) which are, in turn, used to identify potential safety problems with individual carriers and determine when an enforcement intervention might be appropriate.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity R/P1M
agencyDataSeriesURL https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Tools/Downloads.aspx
agencyProgramURL https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Tools/Downloads.aspx
analysisUnit Motor Carrier
bureauCode {021:17}
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categoryDesignation Research
collectionInstrument SMS uses a wide range of data submitted to FMCSA from Federal field enfocement staff, State law enforcement agencies and motor carriers (truck and bus companies).
collection_metadata true
dataQuality true
identifier DOT-106
issued 2010-12-15
landingPage https://data.transportation.gov/d/sjpe-nzai
language {en-US}
license https://project-open-data.cio.gov/unknown-license/
modified 2018-12-19
phone 202-366-5797
programCode {021:026}
publisher Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
references {https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Tools/Downloads.aspx}
resource-type Dataset
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source_schema_version 1.1
temporal R/2012-01-01/P1M
theme {Transportation}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • basic
  • basics
  • behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement-categories
  • bus
  • cargo-related
  • ckan
  • compliance-reviews
  • controlled-substances-and-alcohol
  • crash
  • crashes
  • csms
  • driver-fitness
  • fatigued-driving
  • federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration
  • fmcsa
  • geo
  • geoss
  • investigations
  • large-truck
  • motor-carrier-safety-measurement-system
  • motorcoach
  • national
  • north-america
  • recordable-crashes
  • roadside-inspections
  • safety-measurement-system
  • servious-violations
  • sms
  • united-states
  • unsafe-driving
  • vehicle-maintenance
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer Courtney Stevenson
maintainer_email Courtney.Stevenson@dot.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-19T15:41:50.108609
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T15:41:50.108616
notes The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Safety Management System (SMS) is an automated data system used by FMCSA to monitor motor carrier on-road safety performance. FMCSA analyzes safety performance by grouping carrier data in the SMS into seven Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) which are, in turn, used to identify potential safety problems with individual carriers and determine when an enforcement intervention might be appropriate.
num_resources 1
num_tags 33
title Carrier Safety Measurement System (CSMS, or SMS) - Raw Data