FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · New Jersey

Unsafe Driving in New Jersey

• 7,813Violations recorded
• 45,920Registered carriers in the state
• 100,346State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. New Jersey carries 7,813 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 29 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 25,917
• 2 to 5 power units 13,012
• 6 to 20 power units 3,691
• 21 to 100 power units 984
• 101 to 1,000 power units 167
• 1,000 or more power units 54

Other categories recorded in New Jersey

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 106
• Crash Indicator 8,477
• Driver Fitness 10,421
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 716
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 1,514
• Vehicle Maintenance 83,788

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in New Jersey →

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.