🚛 FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper

🚀 Collect motor carrier safety data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Search by company name, DOT number, or MC number. Get operating status, safety ratings, BASIC scores, fleet data, cargo types, and contact info.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-16

Whether you are a logistics company vetting carriers, a compliance team monitoring fleet safety, or a researcher analyzing transportation data, this tool makes it easy to collect structured motor carrier safety records from FMCSA.

Get operating status, safety ratings, BASIC safety scores with percentiles, power unit counts, driver counts, cargo types, authority types, and full contact information. Search by company name to find matching carriers, or look up specific carriers by DOT or MC number for instant results.

Target	FMCSA motor carrier safety database
Use Cases	Carrier vetting, compliance monitoring, fleet safety analysis, insurance risk assessment, transportation research

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📋 What it does

• 🔍 Searches carriers by company name and returns enriched results with full details
• 🔢 Looks up specific carriers by USDOT number or MC/MX number for instant results
• 🛡️ Returns official FMCSA safety ratings and rating dates for each carrier
• 📊 Fetches all 7 Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASIC) scores with percentiles and alert indicators
• 🚚 Collects power unit counts, driver counts, and total miles driven for fleet sizing
• 📦 Captures cargo types carried and operating authority details

Each carrier record includes up to 22+ data fields covering operating status, safety performance, fleet composition, and contact information. BASIC scores are optional and include all 7 categories with percentile rankings.

💡 Why it matters: Vetting carriers for safety compliance is critical in logistics. Manually checking the FMCSA website one carrier at a time is slow and does not scale. This scraper automates bulk carrier lookups so you can assess safety records, monitor fleet data, and make informed carrier selection decisions.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
Company Name	Text	Search carriers by name (e.g., "swift transportation", "fedex")
Max Items	Number	Free users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000.
DOT Numbers	String List	Look up specific carriers by USDOT number. Overrides name search.
MC/MX Numbers	String List	Look up carriers by MC/MX number. Overrides name search.

Example 1: Search by company name

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

Example 2: Direct DOT number lookup

{
  "dotNumbers": ["2247837", "1234567"],
  "maxItems": 10
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 items per run. DOT and MC number lookups override the company name search. Name searches return up to 50 results from FMCSA. You need a free FMCSA API key from mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema

Emoji	Field	Type	Description
🔢	dotNumber	String	USDOT number
🏢	legalName	String	Legal business name
🏷️	dbaName	String	Doing business as name
📞	phone	String	Phone number
📍	physicalAddress	String	Full physical address
📮	mailingAddress	String	Full mailing address
🏙️	city	String	City
🗺️	state	String	State
📮	zipcode	String	ZIP code
🌍	country	String	Country
✅	operatingStatus	String	Current operating status
🛡️	safetyRating	String	Official FMCSA safety rating
📅	safetyRatingDate	String	Date of safety rating
🚚	powerUnits	Number	Number of power units (trucks)
👥	drivers	Number	Number of drivers
📊	totalMiles	Number	Total vehicle miles traveled
🏗️	carrierOperation	String	Type of carrier operation
⚠️	hmFlag	Boolean	Hazardous materials flag
🚌	passengerCarrier	Boolean	Passenger carrier flag
📦	cargoTypes	Array	List of cargo types carried
📊	basicScores	Object	BASIC safety scores with percentiles
📋	authorityTypes	Array	Operating authority types
📅	scrapedAt	String	Timestamp when data was collected
⚠️	error	String	Error message if extraction failed

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✨ Why choose FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper

Feature	Details
🔍 Multiple search modes	Search by company name, DOT number, or MC/MX number
🛡️ Official safety ratings	FMCSA safety rating and rating date for every carrier
📊 7 BASIC scores	All safety category scores with percentiles and alert indicators
🚚 Fleet composition	Power units, driver counts, and total miles driven
📦 Cargo and authority	Cargo types carried and operating authority details
📍 Contact information	Physical address, mailing address, and phone numbers
⚡ Fast lookups	DOT number lookups return results in 1-2 seconds

📊 Access official FMCSA safety data for carriers across the United States

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📈 How it compares

Feature	FMCSA Carrier Safety Scraper	Other Tools
Batch carrier search	Yes (up to 50 per name search)	One at a time
All 7 BASIC scores	Yes	Partial
22+ enriched fields	Yes	Basic info only
DOT and MC number lookup	Yes	DOT only
Structured output (JSON, CSV, Excel)	Yes	HTML pages
Automated scheduling	Yes	Manual visits
Safety rating dates	Yes	Rarely
Cargo type data	Yes	No

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🚀 How to use

1. Sign up - Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Get API key - Register for a free FMCSA API key at mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov
3. Configure - Enter your API key and search by name, DOT number, or MC number
4. Run it - Click "Start" and get structured carrier safety data in seconds
5. Export data - Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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💼 Business use cases

🚛 Freight Brokers Vet carriers before booking loads by checking safety ratings and BASIC scores for compliance	📋 Compliance Teams Monitor carrier safety data across your vendor list for regulatory compliance and risk management
🏢 Insurance Companies Assess carrier risk profiles using safety scores, violation history, and fleet composition data	📊 Transportation Researchers Analyze safety trends across carriers, regions, and cargo types for industry reports

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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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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Automating with code

Node.js example:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/fmcsa-carrier-safety-scraper").call({
  companyName: "swift transportation",
  maxItems: 10
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python example:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("parseforge/fmcsa-carrier-safety-scraper").call(run_input={
    "companyName": "swift transportation",
    "maxItems": 10
})
items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())
print(items)

See the Apify API docs for more integration options.

🔌 Integrate with your tools

• Make - Automate carrier vetting workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts on carrier safety changes
• Slack - Get notified about safety alerts
• Google Drive - Export carrier data to spreadsheets
• Airbyte - Data pipeline integration
• GitHub - Version control integration

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
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Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) or the U.S. Department of Transportation. It accesses only publicly available data through the official FMCSA public API.