🚛 FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper

🚀 Pull US motor carrier safety data from FMCSA in minutes. BASIC scores, operating authority, cargo types, vehicle counts, contact info. No API key.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-08 · 📊 30+ fields per carrier · 🔍 Name, DOT, MC/MX number search · 🚫 No auth required

Pull live carrier safety data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the US regulator that maintains compliance and safety records for every commercial motor carrier registered to operate in the country. The actor accepts a company name, USDOT number, or MC/MX number, walks the FMCSA search results, fetches each carrier's full safety profile, and returns one structured record per carrier ready for trucking compliance, freight broker due diligence, insurance underwriting, or supply-chain risk workflows.

Every run fetches data live so you get the current state of FMCSA at run time. Records include the legal name, DBA name, USDOT number, phone, address, BASIC scores (Unsafe Driving, Hours-of-Service, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances, Vehicle Maintenance, Hazmat, Crash), operating authority status, cargo types carried, total power units and drivers, and the canonical FMCSA URL.

👥 Built for	🎯 Primary use cases
Freight brokers	Vet carriers before tendering loads
Trucking compliance	Track BASIC scores across your fleet partners
Insurance underwriting	Validate carrier safety for policy decisions
Shippers and 3PLs	Build approved-vendor lists with safety thresholds
Lenders and factoring	Validate carrier credit risk via safety data
Researchers	Study trucking safety trends across regions

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📋 What the FMCSA Scraper does

• 🆔 Three lookup methods. Company name search, USDOT number, or MC/MX number.
• 📊 BASIC safety scores. Seven category scores published by FMCSA.
• 🏢 Carrier metadata. Legal name, DBA name, address, phone, mailing address.
• 🚛 Operating profile. Power units, drivers, cargo types, operating authority status.
• 📈 Crash and inspection history. Recent accidents and roadside inspections where exposed.
• 🔗 Canonical URL. Back-reference to each carrier's FMCSA SAFER profile.

The scraper accepts a search keyword OR a list of USDOT/MC numbers. It walks FMCSA results, fetches each carrier's detail page, and pushes structured records to the dataset.

💡 Why it matters: FMCSA SAFER is the canonical source of US motor carrier safety records but its UI is paginated, slow, and lacks bulk export. A live, structured pull beats manual lookup for freight brokers, insurers, and supply chain teams.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing setup, a live run, and how to pipe results into Salesforce or HubSpot via Apify integrations.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Name	Description
companyName	string	Company Name	Free-text carrier name (e.g. swift transportation, fedex).
maxItems	integer	Max Items	Free users: limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: optional, max 1,000,000.
dotNumbers	array	DOT Numbers	List of USDOT numbers for direct lookup. Overrides company name search.
mcNumbers	array	MC/MX Numbers	List of MC/MX numbers for direct lookup.

Example 1. Search by company name.

{
  "companyName": "swift transportation",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Example 2. Direct lookup of multiple carriers by USDOT number.

{
  "dotNumbers": ["123456", "789012", "345678"],
  "maxItems": 3
}

⚠️ Good to Know: when dotNumbers or mcNumbers is set, companyName is ignored. Use direct numbers for the most reliable enrichment of known carriers.

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📊 Output

The dataset returns one structured record per carrier. Each record carries identifiers, legal name, DBA, contact info, BASIC scores, operating authority status, cargo types, fleet size, and a back-reference URL. Consume the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS via the Apify console or API.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🆔 dotNumber	string	123456
🆔 mcNumber	string	MC-78901
🏢 legalName	string	Swift Transportation Inc.
🏷️ dbaName	string	Swift Transportation
📞 phone	string	+1 800 800 2200
🏠 address	string	2200 S 75th Ave
🏙️ city	string	Phoenix
📍 state	string	AZ
📮 zipCode	string	85043
🌍 country	string	US
📊 unsafeDrivingScore	number	45.2
📊 hosScore	number	60.1
📊 driverFitnessScore	number	15.0
📊 controlledSubstancesScore	number	0.0
📊 vehicleMaintenanceScore	number	52.3
📊 hazmatScore	number or null	null
📊 crashScore	number	38.4
🚛 powerUnits	number	18250
👤 drivers	number	19400
✅ operatingAuthority	string	Active
📦 cargoTypes	array	["General Freight", "Refrigerated Food"]
🌐 interstate	boolean	true
🔗 saferUrl	string (url)	https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/.../snapshot.aspx?dot=123456
📅 scrapedAt	ISO datetime	2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z

📦 Sample records

1. Large national carrier

{
  "dotNumber": "123456",
  "mcNumber": "MC-78901",
  "legalName": "Swift Transportation Inc.",
  "dbaName": "Swift Transportation",
  "phone": "+1 800 800 2200",
  "address": "2200 S 75th Ave",
  "city": "Phoenix",
  "state": "AZ",
  "zipCode": "85043",
  "country": "US",
  "unsafeDrivingScore": 45.2,
  "hosScore": 60.1,
  "driverFitnessScore": 15.0,
  "controlledSubstancesScore": 0.0,
  "vehicleMaintenanceScore": 52.3,
  "crashScore": 38.4,
  "powerUnits": 18250,
  "drivers": 19400,
  "operatingAuthority": "Active",
  "cargoTypes": ["General Freight", "Refrigerated Food", "Beverages"],
  "interstate": true,
  "saferUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=123456",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z"
}

2. Mid-size regional carrier

{
  "dotNumber": "234567",
  "mcNumber": "MC-89012",
  "legalName": "Acme Freight Services LLC",
  "dbaName": "Acme Freight",
  "phone": "+1 614 555 1212",
  "city": "Columbus",
  "state": "OH",
  "country": "US",
  "unsafeDrivingScore": 22.5,
  "hosScore": 18.3,
  "driverFitnessScore": 8.0,
  "vehicleMaintenanceScore": 14.2,
  "crashScore": 12.7,
  "powerUnits": 75,
  "drivers": 92,
  "operatingAuthority": "Active",
  "cargoTypes": ["General Freight"],
  "interstate": true,
  "saferUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=234567",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z"
}

3. Sparse record (single-truck owner-operator)

{
  "dotNumber": "345678",
  "legalName": "Smith Trucking",
  "city": "Dallas",
  "state": "TX",
  "country": "US",
  "powerUnits": 1,
  "drivers": 1,
  "operatingAuthority": "Active",
  "interstate": false,
  "saferUrl": "https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&query_string=345678",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-08T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to FMCSA SAFER so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects FMCSA as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured carrier safety data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full FMCSA registry	Live per run	Name, DOT, MC/MX number	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid carrier-vetting platforms	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Manual SAFER lookups	Hours per check	One at a time	Stale	Manual	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, source-native filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set inputs. Enter a carrier name or list of DOT/MC numbers, then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Freight brokerage and 3PL Vet carriers before tendering loads Build approved-vendor lists with safety thresholds Auto-flag carriers with high BASIC scores Power carrier-onboarding workflows	🏢 Insurance underwriting Validate carrier safety for policy decisions Track BASIC scores across insured fleet Surface high-risk carriers for renewal review Build claim-prediction models from safety data
🎯 Lending and factoring Validate carrier credit risk via safety data Build pre-approval flows for factoring lines Score authorized carriers by operating authority status Power BD outreach to verified carriers	🛠️ Engineering and product Prototype carrier-vetting products without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house FMCSA scrapers Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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🔌 Automating FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper

This Actor exposes a REST endpoint, so you can drive it from any language or workflow tool.

• Node.js - call it via the Apify JS SDK.
• Python - call it via the Apify Python SDK.
• REST - hit it directly through the Apify v2 API.

Schedules. Use Apify Scheduler to refresh carrier safety data daily for your approved-vendor list. Combine with the Apify dataset diff tools to track BASIC score changes between runs.

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper?

Yes. FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Integrate with any app

FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is an independent tool. FMCSA SAFER is a public US government data source and the scraped data is public-domain. The scraper accesses only publicly available pages and is intended for legitimate compliance, due diligence, and research use. Users are responsible for compliance with the source site's Terms of Service and applicable law.