FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Colorado

Hazardous Materials Compliance in Colorado

• 610Violations recorded
• 48,899Registered carriers in the state
• 2,534State inspections addressing it

Packaging, placarding and handling of hazardous materials. Colorado carries 610 violations in this category, out of 42,552 recorded nationally, which places it 17 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.014 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 4.5.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 26,979
• 2 to 5 power units 15,675
• 6 to 20 power units 3,643
• 21 to 100 power units 859
• 101 to 1,000 power units 131
• 1,000 or more power units 42

Other categories recorded in Colorado

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 282
• Crash Indicator 3,480
• Driver Fitness 5,392
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 20,267
• Unsafe Driving 6,133
• Vehicle Maintenance 71,784

Hazardous Materials Compliance across every jurisdiction → Every category in Colorado →

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.