FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · West Virginia
Unsafe Driving in West Virginia
- 8,331Violations recorded
- 10,879Registered carriers in the state
- 37,753State inspections addressing it
Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. West Virginia carries 8,331 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 27 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.013 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 5,835
- 2 to 5 power units 3,728
- 6 to 20 power units 854
- 21 to 100 power units 180
- 101 to 1,000 power units 19
- 1,000 or more power units 3
Other categories recorded in West Virginia
- Controlled Substances/Alcohol in WV 72
- Crash Indicator in WV 1,842
- Driver Fitness in WV 2,717
- Hazardous Materials Compliance in WV 147
- Hours-of-Service Compliance in WV 2,966
- Vehicle Maintenance in WV 17,433
Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in West 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.
What this page shows
The page covers Unsafe Driving in West Virginia from the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register, listing 8,331 violations and 10,879 registered carriers in the state. It cites 37,753 state inspections and places the state at 27 of 51 jurisdictions, with a 0.013 share of the 649,893 recorded nationally. A national average severity weight of 5.55 applies to a violation in this category, and the state's carriers by fleet size include 5,835 with 1 power unit, 3,728 with 2 to 5 power units, 854 with 6 to 20 power units, 180 with 21 to 100 power units, 19 with 101 to 1,000 power units and 3 with 1,000 or more power units.