SONAR Launches Carrier Safety Dashboard — Right on Time for International Roadcheck Week

New FMCSA and CSA intelligence tool goes live as North American enforcement enters its most intense 72 hours of the year — and as the CDL crackdown reshapes the driver pool in real time CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

— May 12, 2026 — SONAR today announced the launch of its new Carrier Safety Dashboard, a comprehensive intelligence tool that centralizes Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) data — including crashes, carriers and census, roadside inspections, and an in-depth view of out-of-service (OOS) violations — into a single, interactive platform.

The dashboard goes live on the opening day of the 2026 CVSA International Roadcheck, the largest targeted commercial motor vehicle enforcement event in the world — and at a moment when the non-domiciled CDL crackdown is already driving structural change in carrier safety compliance across the country. Access the Carrier Safety Dashboard now at sonar.

surf/fmcsa-dashboard. What’s Inside the Carrier Safety Dashboard The dashboard is organized into three primary modules, each filterable by current year, last 12 months, last 3 years, all time, or a custom date range.

Crashes The crash module presents federal recordable CMV crash data across five key metrics: total crashes, fatal crashes, injury-only crashes, hazmat-involved crashes, and tow-aways. Over the last 12 months, SONAR’s dashboard shows 158,338 total federal recordable crashes, including 3,916 fatal crashes (2. 47% of total), 60,386 injury crashes (38.

14%), 740 hazmat incidents, and 146,967 vehicles towed.

A monthly crash trend chart breaks out total crashes, fatal crashes, and hazmat releases over time, while lower-panel charts display hazmat releases by month, crash severity split, and cargo body type — with refrigerated trailers representing the highest-volume crash category at 63,378 incidents over the period.

Carriers & Census The carriers module provides a full view of the registered carrier population. Over the last 12 months, 172,689 carriers have been registered across all operating types: 99,358 interstate (A), 67,325 intrastate non-hazmat (C), and 4,027 intrastate hazmat (B).

A geographic heat map illustrates carrier concentration by state, with California and Texas leading all other states by a significant margin. Inspections The inspections module aggregates roadside inspection data across driver and vehicle categories.

Over the last 12 months, the dashboard shows 2,908,513 total roadside inspections, with 579,831 OOS violations and 13,220 hazmat violations — including 4,236 hazmat OOS orders. California and Texas lead all states in inspection volume, followed by North Carolina, New York, and a cluster of southern and midwestern states.

By inspection level, walk-around (Level II) inspections account for 36. 0% of all inspections, driver-only (Level III) for 35. 2%, and full (Level I) for 25. 8%. OOS Violations — Deep Dive The OOS module provides the deepest analytical layer in the dashboard. With 2,284,768 total OOS violations recorded and an overall OOS rate of 17.

5%, the data surfaces which regulatory categories are generating the most enforcement action — and where that enforcement converts most aggressively to trucks being pulled from service. By CFR Part, §393 (Parts & Accessories — Brakes, Lights, Tires) is the leading source of both all violations and OOS violations, followed by §392.

A side-by-side bar chart for the top 10 CFR Parts makes the gap between total violations and OOS conversions immediately visible. By CSA BASIC category, Vehicle Maintenance leads at 20. 7% of OOS violations, followed by Unsafe Driving (14. 2%), Hours of Service (11. 3%), Hazardous Materials (8. 5%), Driver Fitness (6. 1%), Driving of CMVs (4.

5%), and Lights/Electrical (4. 0%) — with all other categories comprising the remaining 30. 9%. Why the Timing Matters: International Roadcheck Begins Today The 2026 CVSA International Roadcheck runs May 12–14, during which certified inspectors across the U. S. , Canada, and Mexico will conduct an average of 15 inspections per minute over 72 hours.

This annual enforcement blitz is the single largest concentrated data-collection and enforcement event in commercial motor vehicle safety — and its results flow directly into CSA scores, OOS records, and FMCSA databases that now live inside SONAR’s new dashboard.

This year’s Roadcheck carries two areas of special enforcement focus: Driver Focus: ELD Tampering, Falsification, or Manipulation — Inspectors will scrutinize driver records of duty status for anomalies, suspicious edits, and patterns inconsistent with routes and timing.

Last year, falsification of records was the second most-cited driver violation across all of North America at 58,382 violations. A driver found with a falsified log faces a 10-hour out-of-service order — harsher than the 4–5 hours typically imposed for an underlying HOS violation — plus a more damaging entry on their inspection record.

Vehicle Focus: Cargo Securement