FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · South Dakota
Driver Fitness in South Dakota
- 1,559Violations recorded
- 6,105Registered carriers in the state
- 59,509State inspections addressing it
Operating without a valid license, medical certificate or the required endorsement. South Dakota carries 1,559 violations in this category, out of 395,539 recorded nationally, which places it 43 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.004 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 4.22.
South Dakota beside the jurisdictions nearest it in Driver Fitness
South Dakota is number 43 of 51 jurisdictions by violations recorded in this category. The middle jurisdiction, Kansas, records 4,698; South Dakota records fewer.
- Nevada: 2,646 violations
- Montana: 2,551 violations
- Idaho: 1,900 violations
- New Hampshire: 1,892 violations
- Nebraska: 1,806 violations
- South Dakota: 1,559 violations
- Rhode Island: 1,152 violations
- Maine: 1,151 violations
- Vermont: 1,115 violations
- Delaware: 1,113 violations
- District of Columbia: 813 violations
The state’s carriers by fleet size
- 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
Other categories recorded in South Dakota
- Controlled Substances/Alcohol in SD 127
- Crash Indicator in SD 758
- Hazardous Materials Compliance in SD 201
- Hours-of-Service Compliance in SD 7,155
- Unsafe Driving in SD 1,565
- Vehicle Maintenance in SD 21,542
Driver Fitness across every jurisdiction → Every category in South Dakota →
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.
What this page shows
The page covers Driver Fitness violations in South Dakota from the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register. It lists 1,559 violations recorded, 6,105 registered carriers in the state, and 59,509 state inspections.