FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · North Carolina

Crash Indicator in North Carolina

• 8,955Reportable crashes
• 50,694Registered carriers in the state
• 204Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. North Carolina carries 8,955 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 9 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.035 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 27,997
• 2 to 5 power units 15,162
• 6 to 20 power units 3,813
• 21 to 100 power units 872
• 101 to 1,000 power units 173
• 1,000 or more power units 43

Other categories recorded in North Carolina

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in NC 272
• Driver Fitness in NC 8,864
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in NC 200
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in NC 7,908
• Unsafe Driving in NC 8,686
• Vehicle Maintenance in NC 47,700

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in North Carolina →

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.