FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Connecticut

Unsafe Driving in Connecticut

• 7,935Violations recorded
• 20,725Registered carriers in the state
• 36,984State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Connecticut carries 7,935 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 28 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.012 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 5.55.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 11,192
• 2 to 5 power units 6,707
• 6 to 20 power units 1,505
• 21 to 100 power units 296
• 101 to 1,000 power units 57
• 1,000 or more power units 18

Other categories recorded in Connecticut

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 130
• Crash Indicator 2,880
• Driver Fitness 4,574
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 243
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 4,549
• Vehicle Maintenance 49,155

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Connecticut →

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.