FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · South Dakota
Vehicle Maintenance in South Dakota
- 21,542Violations recorded
- 6,105Registered carriers in the state
- 19,466State inspections addressing it
Brakes, lights, tyres and the rest of the mechanical condition of the vehicle. South Dakota carries 21,542 violations in this category, out of 5,090,851 recorded nationally, which places it 40 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 3.8.
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
- Driver Fitness in SD 1,559
- Hazardous Materials Compliance in SD 201
- Hours-of-Service Compliance in SD 7,155
- Unsafe Driving in SD 1,565
Vehicle Maintenance 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
This page covers South Dakota Vehicle Maintenance in the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register, listing 21,542 violations, 6,105 registered carriers in the state, and 19,466 state inspections. South Dakota's 21,542 violations are out of 5,090,851 recorded nationally, and the state's share of the national figure is 0.004 as a fraction. The state's carriers by fleet size are 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.