Safety & risk screening
Screen any carrier's safety record
before you quote or tender.
For commercial truck insurance underwriters and shippers: a fast safety verdict per USDOT number from the FMCSA roadside-inspection record — out-of-service rate, inspection history, FMCSA rating, authority status. One API call or one MCP tool.
✔ Verified against the public FMCSA / USDOT carrier record as of Jun 21, 2026. Source-linked, daily-refreshed.
How our safety tier works
Strong
Out-of-service rate ≤ 8% across roadside inspections — well below the ~21% national vehicle average.
Average
OOS rate 8–21% — around the national norm. Standard risk.
Elevated risk
OOS rate above 21% — more roadside failures than typical. Underwrite with care.
Unrated
No roadside inspections on file — common for brand-new carriers. Flagged so you don't mistake silence for safety.
This is a transparent, public-data triage signal — not a CSA BASIC percentile and not a guarantee. We never invent a rating; if FMCSA hasn't rated a carrier we say "Not rated". Verify against FMCSA SAFER for binding decisions.
Screen a DOT in one call
curl -s "https://freight.dropwatchhq.com/v1/safety_screen?dot=80321" -H "x-api-key: fik_live_xxx"
{ "verdict":"Strong", "fmcsaSafetyRating":"Satisfactory",
"outOfServiceRate": 4.2, "inspectionCount": 138,
"flags": [], "sourceUrl":"https://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/..." }