Motor Carrier Inspections

Contains data on roadside inspections of large trucks and buses, including violations discovered. The majority of this information comes from state police jurisdictions to FMCSA, although some Federally-conducted inspections are also included.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
agencyDataSeriesURL http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafetyProgram/RoadsideInspections.aspx
agencyProgramURL http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/grants/MCSAP-Basic-Incentive/index.aspx
analysisUnit Motor Carrier, Driver, Vehicle,
bureauCode {021:17}
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categoryDesignation Research
collectionInstrument Data are collected at the roadside, primarily through FMCSA-provided ASPEN software used to conduct roadside inspections. The inspections are uploaded from State SAFETYNET systems into FMCSA's MCMIS database.
collection_metadata true
dataQuality true
identifier DOT-94
issued 2011-09-14
landingPage https://data.transportation.gov/d/7qiy-7ws9
language {en-US}
license https://project-open-data.cio.gov/unknown-license/
modified 2018-12-19
phone 202-366-4869
primaryITInvestmentUII 021-155552608
programCode {021:000}
publisher Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
references {http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/InfoCenter/Default.aspx#question402}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 4b8f9b53ba8b5bbea5952ad22022b3c9b583e572
source_schema_version 1.1
temporal 2009-01-01/2013-12-31
theme {Transportation}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bus
  • ckan
  • federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration
  • fmcsa
  • geo
  • geoss
  • inspections
  • motorcoach
  • national
  • north-america
  • oos
  • out-of-service
  • roadside-inspections
  • truck
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer Scott Valentine
maintainer_email scott.valentine@dot.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T13:52:06.508774
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T13:52:06.508778
notes Contains data on roadside inspections of large trucks and buses, including violations discovered. The majority of this information comes from state police jurisdictions to FMCSA, although some Federally-conducted inspections are also included.
num_resources 1
num_tags 17
title Motor Carrier Inspections