Trucking Research & Analysis
Data-driven research across FMCSA inspections, NHTSA recalls, and crash records. Each report aggregates millions of records into actionable rankings and comparisons.
Each report below aggregates public-domain federal records (FMCSA MCMIS, NHTSA recalls) into rollups, rankings, and side-by-side comparisons. All datasets are derived from public records and released under CC0 — citation is appreciated but not required.
Year-over-Year Trends
Long-run movement in crashes, inspections, and hazmat activity.
Year-over-year crash trends: fatalities, injuries, tow-away incidents, and hazmat-involved crashes.
Annual inspection volume, out-of-service rates, violation counts, and inspection-level breakdown.
HazMat inspection OOS rates by state plus HazMat crash trends year-over-year.
State & Severity Breakdowns
Geographic and severity distribution of the underlying data.
Fatal, injury, and tow-away breakdowns across all U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Compare OOS percentages across all jurisdictions; identify the highest-rate states.
Active carrier registration breakdown by entity type, state, and fleet size.
Rankings & Lookups
Paginated datasets for carriers, vehicles, and manufacturers.
Carriers ranked by total violation events from roadside inspections, filterable by state.
Inspection frequency broken down by manufacturer and vehicle type.
Manufacturers ranked by NHTSA recall campaigns and affected vehicle population.
Safety Score Analysis
BASIC category distribution and alerted carriers.
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Data sources & freshness
TruckCodex aggregates official public-sector datasets. See the Source registry for dataset-level coverage and the Freshness log for last-import timestamps.
Census, SAFER, SMS, Licensing & Insurance (L&I), roadside inspections, crashes, and authority history.
Vehicle recall campaigns, defect investigations, and consumer safety complaints (SCRS).
Cross-border carrier registry and Canadian recall campaigns where applicable.
TruckCodex is an independent aggregator; it is not affiliated with FMCSA, NHTSA, EIA, or Transport Canada. Always verify compliance-critical information directly with the originating agency.