FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · New York
Unsafe Driving in New York
- 18,581Violations recorded
- 125,239Registered carriers in the state
- 219,188State inspections addressing it
Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. New York carries 18,581 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 10 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.029 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 70,959
- 2 to 5 power units 39,977
- 6 to 20 power units 7,853
- 21 to 100 power units 1,387
- 101 to 1,000 power units 233
- 1,000 or more power units 122
Other categories recorded in New York
- Controlled Substances/Alcohol in NY 547
- Crash Indicator in NY 4,943
- Driver Fitness in NY 27,576
- Hazardous Materials Compliance in NY 1,045
- Hours-of-Service Compliance in NY 25,761
- Vehicle Maintenance in NY 208,717
Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in New York →
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.
What this page shows
This page covers Unsafe Driving in New York under the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register. It lists 18,581 violations recorded in New York against 125,239 registered carriers in the state and 219,188 state inspections, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, placing New York 10 of 51 jurisdictions with a share of 0.029 as a fraction. The page also lists the state's carriers by fleet size, from 70,959 at 1 power unit to 122 at 1,000 or more power units, and other categories recorded in New York, including Controlled Substances/Alcohol, the Crash Indicator, Driver Fitness, Hazardous Materials Compliance, Hours-of-Service Compliance and Vehicle Maintenance.