FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · South Carolina

Crash Indicator in South Carolina

• 4,716Reportable crashes
• 23,267Registered carriers in the state
• 124Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. South Carolina carries 4,716 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 19 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.018 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 13,760
• 2 to 5 power units 6,263
• 6 to 20 power units 1,449
• 21 to 100 power units 428
• 101 to 1,000 power units 59
• 1,000 or more power units 23

Other categories recorded in South Carolina

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 458
• Driver Fitness 6,081
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 1,280
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 11,868
• Unsafe Driving 17,217
• Vehicle Maintenance 76,507

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in South Carolina →

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.