FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Delaware

Crash Indicator in Delaware

• 903Reportable crashes
• 4,611Registered carriers in the state
• 8Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Delaware carries 903 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 43 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.004 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 2,374
• 2 to 5 power units 1,405
• 6 to 20 power units 389
• 21 to 100 power units 124
• 101 to 1,000 power units 16
• 1,000 or more power units 3

Other categories recorded in Delaware

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in DE 26
• Driver Fitness in DE 1,113
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in DE 15
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in DE 343
• Unsafe Driving in DE 3,886
• Vehicle Maintenance in DE 5,840

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Delaware →

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.