FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · California

Driver Fitness in California

• 17,809Violations recorded
• 316,711Registered carriers in the state
• 758,493State inspections addressing it

Operating without a valid license, medical certificate or the required endorsement. California carries 17,809 violations in this category, out of 395,539 recorded nationally, which places it 3 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.045 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 4.22.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 179,215
• 2 to 5 power units 47,583
• 6 to 20 power units 12,515
• 21 to 100 power units 3,436
• 101 to 1,000 power units 508
• 1,000 or more power units 156

Other categories recorded in California

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in CA 475
• Crash Indicator in CA 18,179
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in CA 2,806
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in CA 51,810
• Unsafe Driving in CA 51,987
• Vehicle Maintenance in CA 499,099

Driver Fitness across every jurisdiction → Every category in California →

Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.

Counts from FMCSA SMS input files on data.transportation.gov: kjg3-diqy (Motor Carrier Census, 2,122,441 rows), rbkj-cgst (Inspection, 5,834,148), 8mt8-2mdr (Violation, 6,808,260), 4wxs-vbns (Crash, 255,582), p2mt-9ige (Out of Service Orders, 399,600); SoQL aggregates fetched 2026-09-16. The rank is taken over the jurisdictions this desk publishes, and the national figure beside it is the register’s own total for the category.

What this page shows

This page covers California Driver Fitness violations in California within the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register. It lists 17,809 violations recorded, 316,711 registered carriers in the state, and 758,493 state inspections addressing it.