FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register

South Dakota motor carriers

• 6,105Registered carriers
• 59,751Inspections on file
• 758Reportable crashes
• 35Fatal crashes
• 8,103Inspections with an out-of-service order
• 1,500Hazardous materials inspections
• 39Hazmat carriers
• 40Passenger carriers

The census registers 6,105 motor carriers in South Dakota, 39 of them carrying hazardous materials and 40 of them carrying passengers. Inspections recorded against carriers here number 59,751, 8,103 of which ended in an out-of-service order, and 758 reportable crashes, 35 of them fatal, are on file.

By category

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in SD
• Crash Indicator in SD
• Driver Fitness in SD
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in SD
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in SD
• Unsafe Driving in SD
• Vehicle Maintenance in SD

Carriers by fleet size in South Dakota

• 1 power unit 2,796
• 2 to 5 power units 2,318
• 6 to 20 power units 667
• 21 to 100 power units 173
• 101 to 1,000 power units 24
• 1,000 or more power units 1

Carriers by the work they do

• Interstate 1,739
• Intrastate, hazardous materials 4,274
• Intrastate, non-hazardous 92

Towns the carriers are based in

Sioux Falls (801) · Rapid City (289) · Watertown (139) · Aberdeen (135) · Yankton (122) · Mitchell (102) · Spearfish (86) · Belle Fourche (81) · Brandon (77) · Huron (71) · Brookings (69) · Beresford (68) · Dell Rapids (68) · Tea (67) · Flandreau (66) · Sturgis (59) · Vermillion (58) · Canton (54) · Winner (53) · Harrisburg (51) · Madison (51) · Hartford (48) · Britton (47) · Pierre (47) · Milbank (45)

Unsafe Driving is the category a broker is most often shown first. Every jurisdiction →

Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.

Counts from FMCSA SMS input files on data.transportation.gov: kjg3-diqy (Motor Carrier Census, 2,122,441 rows), rbkj-cgst (Inspection, 5,834,148), 8mt8-2mdr (Violation, 6,808,260), 4wxs-vbns (Crash, 255,582), p2mt-9ige (Out of Service Orders, 399,600); SoQL aggregates fetched 2026-09-16. A category’s rank is the register’s own count for this jurisdiction set against the same count for the other jurisdictions on the desk, and the town names are the census’s own spelling.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records public-records register page covers the FMCSA Safety Measurement System for South Dakota motor carriers. It lists 6,105 registered carriers, 59,751 inspections on file, 758 reportable crashes, 35 fatal crashes, 8,103 inspections with an out-of-service order, 1,500 hazardous materials inspections, 39 hazmat carriers, and 40 passenger carriers. The page also shows categories including Controlled Substances/Alcohol in SD, Crash Indicator in SD, Driver Fitness in SD, Hazardous Materials Compliance in SD, Hours-of-Service Compliance in SD, Unsafe Driving in SD, and Vehicle Maintenance in SD.