FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Delaware

Unsafe Driving in Delaware

• 3,886Violations recorded
• 4,611Registered carriers in the state
• 16,734State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Delaware carries 3,886 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 37 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.006 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 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
• Crash Indicator in DE 903
• Driver Fitness in DE 1,113
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in DE 15
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in DE 343
• Vehicle Maintenance in DE 5,840

Unsafe Driving 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.