FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Virginia

Unsafe Driving in Virginia

• 2,926Violations recorded
• 23,458Registered carriers in the state
• 48,731State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Virginia carries 2,926 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 39 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.005 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 12,855
• 2 to 5 power units 6,599
• 6 to 20 power units 1,900
• 21 to 100 power units 581
• 101 to 1,000 power units 96
• 1,000 or more power units 23

Other categories recorded in Virginia

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 163
• Crash Indicator 6,735
• Driver Fitness 3,799
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 340
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 7,295
• Vehicle Maintenance 45,999

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Virginia →

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.