FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Minnesota

Unsafe Driving in Minnesota

• 12,036Violations recorded
• 73,836Registered carriers in the state
• 55,355State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Minnesota carries 12,036 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 18 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.019 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 39,818
• 2 to 5 power units 22,999
• 6 to 20 power units 4,934
• 21 to 100 power units 1,109
• 101 to 1,000 power units 175
• 1,000 or more power units 52

Other categories recorded in Minnesota

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 170
• Crash Indicator 4,254
• Driver Fitness 4,534
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 592
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 5,969
• Vehicle Maintenance 51,555

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Minnesota →

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.