FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Colorado

Crash Indicator in Colorado

• 3,480Reportable crashes
• 48,899Registered carriers in the state
• 125Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Colorado carries 3,480 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 27 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.014 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 26,979
• 2 to 5 power units 15,675
• 6 to 20 power units 3,643
• 21 to 100 power units 859
• 101 to 1,000 power units 131
• 1,000 or more power units 42

Other categories recorded in Colorado

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in CO 282
• Driver Fitness in CO 5,392
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in CO 610
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in CO 20,267
• Unsafe Driving in CO 6,133
• Vehicle Maintenance in CO 71,784

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Colorado →

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.