FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · District of Columbia

Crash Indicator in District of Columbia

• 368Reportable crashes
• 795Registered carriers in the state
• 1Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. District of Columbia carries 368 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 47 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.001 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 405
• 2 to 5 power units 199
• 6 to 20 power units 51
• 21 to 100 power units 29
• 101 to 1,000 power units 6
• 1,000 or more power units 3

Other categories recorded in District of Columbia

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 11
• Driver Fitness 813
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 19
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 38
• Unsafe Driving 301
• Vehicle Maintenance 3,440

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in District of Columbia →

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.