FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Massachusetts

Unsafe Driving in Massachusetts

• 16,399Violations recorded
• 38,110Registered carriers in the state
• 47,226State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Massachusetts carries 16,399 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 16 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.025 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 19,218
• 2 to 5 power units 13,185
• 6 to 20 power units 3,592
• 21 to 100 power units 708
• 101 to 1,000 power units 101
• 1,000 or more power units 75

Other categories recorded in Massachusetts

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 325
• Crash Indicator 3,025
• Driver Fitness 8,868
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 153
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 4,967
• Vehicle Maintenance 27,639

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Massachusetts →

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.