FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · South Dakota

Unsafe Driving in South Dakota

1,565Violations recorded
6,105Registered carriers in the state
59,509State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. South Dakota carries 1,565 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 45 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.002 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 5.55.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

Other categories recorded in South Dakota

Unsafe Driving 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. The rank is taken over the jurisdictions this desk publishes, and the national figure beside it is the register’s own total for the category.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records public-records register page covers Unsafe Driving in South Dakota under the FMCSA Safety Measurement System, listing 1,565 violations, 6,105 registered carriers in the state, and 59,509 state inspections. South Dakota's 1,565 violations come out of 649,893 recorded nationally, placing it 45 of 51 jurisdictions, with a national average severity weight of 5.55 for this category. The page also lists South Dakota carriers by fleet size: 2,796 with 1 power unit, 2,318 with 2 to 5 power units, 667 with 6 to 20 power units, 173 with 21 to 100 power units, 24 with 101 to 1,000 power units, and 1 with 1,000 or more power units.