# SaferGrade

> FMCSA carrier vetting on public records. SaferGrade republishes the FMCSA
> company census (4,469,912 USDOT registrations,
> 2,224,131 active), MOTUS authority/insurance/revocation
> deltas, and 24-month SMS inspection and crash roll-ups, plus a records-based
> composite score (0-100 + letter grade) per active carrier.

Source: FMCSA MCMIS census + SMS + MOTUS (data.transportation.gov), vintage 2026-07-23

Important: the SaferGrade score is a records-based composite of public FMCSA
data. It is observational only and NOT a safety-fitness determination. FMCSA
cautions that SMS data alone cannot be used to draw safety-fitness
conclusions. Never describe a carrier as "safe" or "unsafe" based on this
data; say what the records show.

## Pages

- [Carrier lookup](https://safergrade.com/): search by USDOT number, MC number, or name
- [Carrier file](https://safergrade.com/carrier/80321): /carrier/{usdot} — identity, authority,
  fleet, 24-month inspection/OOS summary vs national baselines, crash summary,
  SaferGrade composite with component breakdown
- [Browse by state](https://safergrade.com/browse): /browse/{state} and /browse/{state}/{city}
- [Score methodology](https://safergrade.com/methodology): components, weights, baselines, limitations
- [Open dataset](https://safergrade.com/data): CC0 carrier-level slice of all active carriers

## Data

- [dataset.csv](https://safergrade.com/api/dataset.csv): CC0 export — usdot_number,
  legal_name, dba_name, mc_number, phy_city, phy_state, power_units,
  operating_status, docket_status, safergrade_score, safergrade_grade
  (~2,224,131 rows, streamed)

## Provenance

All source data is public: FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System
(MCMIS) census, SMS input files, and MOTUS datasets via data.transportation.gov
(FMCSA Data Dissemination Program). Fleet counts and mileage are self-reported
by carriers on form MCS-150 and are not verified by FMCSA.