FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · New Mexico

Unsafe Driving in New Mexico

• 17,345Violations recorded
• 11,097Registered carriers in the state
• 185,097State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. New Mexico carries 17,345 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 12 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.027 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 6,295
• 2 to 5 power units 3,413
• 6 to 20 power units 942
• 21 to 100 power units 219
• 101 to 1,000 power units 24
• 1,000 or more power units 2

Other categories recorded in New Mexico

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 205
• Crash Indicator 1,534
• Driver Fitness 3,773
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 260
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 6,405
• Vehicle Maintenance 58,715

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

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.