Official data, computed here
Crash and inspection patterns by state
In 2025 the FMCSA open file recorded 2,763,939 roadside inspections of trucks; 19% found a violation serious enough to put a truck or a driver out of service. States with the highest share are Wyoming, Oregon, Arizona. In 2024 states reported 186,175 crashes involving trucks and buses; 2.9% were fatal. These are counts and shares, not safety rankings: enforcement targets certain trucks and roads, and crash counts have no mileage behind them.
SnapshotFMCSA Vehicle Inspection File (aggregates)Data period: inspections of calendar 2024 and 2025; file through Oct 6, 2026Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 11:04 UTCretrieved Oct 9, 2026
SnapshotFMCSA Crash File (aggregates)Data period: crashes of 2022 to 2025; file through Oct 6, 2026Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 11:04 UTCretrieved Oct 9, 2026
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A high out-of-service share can mean a state inspects more at its worst-looking trucks, not that its roads are worse. Crashes are counts of reports with no miles behind them, so big freight states have more. The 2025 crash column is still filling in because states report late; do not read it as a drop. Inspection data in the open file starts in late 2023, so only 2024 and 2025 are full years.
Out-of-service share of inspections, by state
Darker states put more of the trucks they inspect out of service. Click a state or a table row.
- 8% to 15% (11 states)
- 15% to 16% (10 states)
- 16% to 18% (10 states)
- 19% to 22% (10 states)
- 23% to 33% (10 states)
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| State | Inspections 2025 | With any out-of-service violation | Vehicle out-of-service | Driver out-of-service | Size and weight inspections | Crashes 2024 | Fatal share of crashes 2024 | Tow-away share 2024 | Fatalities 2024 | Crashes 2025 (incomplete) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 43,344 | 18.8% | 14.0% | 6.7% | 1,817 | 3,613 | 3.4% | 96.4% | 128 | 3,476 |
| Alaska | 7,653 | 15.3% | 12.3% | 4.2% | 7,401 | 39 | no data | no data | 9 | 26 |
| Arizona | 52,096 | 28.1% | 18.8% | 12.4% | 14,532 | 3,031 | 5.3% | 98.4% | 199 | 2,774 |
| Arkansas | 46,014 | 15.5% | 9.9% | 6.4% | 0 | 2,961 | 3.3% | 99.9% | 116 | 2,898 |
| California | 441,144 | 15.2% | 13.3% | 2.7% | 254,291 | 13,515 | 3.3% | 95.5% | 490 | 11,790 |
| Colorado | 49,127 | 14.7% | 9.7% | 6.3% | 33,303 | 2,081 | 4.3% | 99.1% | 111 | 2,244 |
| Connecticut | 20,749 | 26.6% | 20.0% | 9.7% | 1,421 | 1,734 | 2.2% | 93.0% | 43 | 1,824 |
| Delaware | 7,960 | 22.6% | 18.3% | 6.1% | 704 | 632 | 1.9% | 94.3% | 12 | 668 |
| District of Columbia | 3,368 | 16.8% | 12.1% | 6.8% | 176 | 269 | 0.0% | 79.6% | 0 | 217 |
| Florida | 87,096 | 17.4% | 13.4% | 5.9% | 13,928 | 10,629 | 3.6% | 89.7% | 420 | 8,278 |
| Georgia | 76,466 | 16.5% | 8.2% | 10.5% | 3,175 | 10,060 | 1.9% | 94.6% | 212 | 10,116 |
| Hawaii | 2,311 | 15.7% | 10.5% | 6.3% | 0 | 198 | 2.0% | 69.7% | 4 | 179 |
| Idaho | 10,550 | 22.7% | 17.0% | 8.5% | 0 | 754 | 5.6% | 87.4% | 51 | 735 |
| Illinois | 62,769 | 7.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3,730 | 8,034 | 2.2% | 90.2% | 196 | 6,941 |
| Indiana | 53,909 | 14.8% | 9.5% | 6.4% | 2,790 | 5,905 | 2.6% | 99.3% | 163 | 6,160 |
| Iowa | 35,919 | 22.1% | 15.7% | 8.5% | 1,878 | 2,356 | 2.7% | 96.7% | 69 | 2,443 |
| Kansas | 34,328 | 10.9% | 7.5% | 5.1% | 4,243 | 2,000 | 3.1% | 98.0% | 69 | 2,127 |
| Kentucky | 56,496 | 20.8% | 17.5% | 4.7% | 2,089 | 3,131 | 2.7% | 95.7% | 96 | 3,259 |
| Louisiana | 41,993 | 14.8% | 10.9% | 4.6% | 1,389 | 4,089 | 2.1% | 91.3% | 92 | 3,954 |
| Maine | 14,492 | 15.8% | 11.2% | 5.8% | 1,347 | 811 | 3.1% | 90.8% | 26 | 922 |
| Maryland | 80,068 | 22.4% | 17.0% | 8.1% | 2,888 | 4,444 | 1.8% | 89.3% | 87 | 2,738 |
| Massachusetts | 27,971 | 20.0% | 9.7% | 12.8% | 283 | 2,164 | 1.7% | 99.0% | 38 | 1,851 |
| Michigan | 43,940 | 20.6% | 14.8% | 7.9% | 5,809 | 6,298 | 1.7% | 97.3% | 117 | 6,660 |
| Minnesota | 27,492 | 22.0% | 17.1% | 7.3% | 9,490 | 2,358 | 2.9% | 95.8% | 82 | 2,629 |
| Mississippi | 43,347 | 11.4% | 5.9% | 6.5% | 2,168 | 2,157 | 4.2% | 93.2% | 109 | 1,742 |
| Missouri | 55,254 | 25.7% | 21.6% | 6.5% | 4,545 | 5,835 | 2.6% | 94.7% | 184 | 5,663 |
| Montana | 30,016 | 15.5% | 11.3% | 5.6% | 8,916 | 682 | 5.0% | 98.4% | 35 | 728 |
| Nebraska | 24,788 | 12.5% | 9.1% | 4.2% | 278 | 1,148 | 4.9% | 97.2% | 63 | 1,141 |
| Nevada | 22,222 | 14.4% | 10.0% | 5.7% | 153 | 982 | 4.0% | 91.1% | 46 | 1,022 |
| New Hampshire | 8,522 | 14.6% | 8.7% | 7.9% | 1,252 | 439 | 2.1% | 95.9% | 9 | 397 |
| New Jersey | 50,274 | 16.3% | 10.9% | 7.3% | 18,429 | 6,508 | 1.3% | 91.8% | 94 | 5,800 |
| New Mexico | 92,388 | 11.7% | 9.2% | 3.0% | 344 | 954 | 11.2% | 98.4% | 120 | 929 |
| New York | 113,861 | 21.1% | 14.2% | 9.9% | 5,214 | 4,883 | 3.0% | 62.6% | 152 | 4,577 |
| North Carolina | 109,712 | 11.7% | 8.8% | 3.9% | 6,028 | 6,148 | 2.8% | 92.4% | 204 | 6,019 |
| North Dakota | 10,969 | 13.8% | 11.4% | 3.3% | 1,085 | 557 | 3.8% | 97.1% | 22 | 552 |
| Ohio | 62,586 | 16.4% | 12.4% | 5.4% | 3,173 | 6,504 | 2.7% | 89.9% | 199 | 7,209 |
| Oklahoma | 32,921 | 18.0% | 13.9% | 5.8% | 3,109 | 3,315 | 3.7% | 95.8% | 146 | 3,188 |
| Oregon | 19,434 | 30.5% | 17.5% | 15.3% | 0 | 2,066 | 3.3% | 97.2% | 83 | 1,962 |
| Pennsylvania | 78,955 | 18.1% | 12.2% | 8.1% | 2,668 | 8,329 | 2.0% | 95.0% | 198 | 8,406 |
| Rhode Island | 3,388 | 19.8% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 1,863 | 132 | 2.3% | 92.4% | 4 | 156 |
| South Carolina | 53,154 | 18.2% | 14.1% | 5.4% | 7,113 | 3,528 | 4.1% | 96.3% | 163 | 4,876 |
| South Dakota | 29,539 | 13.0% | 9.8% | 3.7% | 1,767 | 525 | 4.8% | 99.4% | 28 | 472 |
| Tennessee | 86,316 | 23.1% | 19.1% | 6.3% | 11,234 | 4,464 | 3.8% | 95.8% | 185 | 4,322 |
| Texas | 314,253 | 26.8% | 24.0% | 5.1% | 16,550 | 21,731 | 3.5% | 88.4% | 833 | 20,579 |
| Utah | 35,520 | 17.8% | 14.0% | 5.6% | 6,272 | 1,043 | 3.6% | 96.2% | 47 | 990 |
| Vermont | 8,564 | 17.3% | 13.0% | 6.1% | 916 | 185 | 1.1% | 98.4% | 2 | 184 |
| Virginia | 22,500 | 18.1% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 438 | 5,970 | 2.2% | 96.2% | 145 | 4,937 |
| Washington | 60,905 | 21.6% | 17.8% | 5.4% | 42,733 | 2,281 | 3.1% | 98.1% | 75 | 1,971 |
| West Virginia | 18,805 | 14.0% | 9.4% | 6.0% | 1,146 | 1,030 | 2.6% | 96.0% | 29 | 1,171 |
| Wisconsin | 34,122 | 24.9% | 20.6% | 6.7% | 4,264 | 2,633 | 2.6% | 95.8% | 88 | 2,614 |
| Wyoming | 14,369 | 33.3% | 23.9% | 13.9% | 10,073 | 1,040 | 2.8% | 99.3% | 29 | 1,032 |
States with fewer than 2,000 inspections show no rate. A share is a percentage of that state's inspections or crashes. A crash is in the FMCSA file when it meets the federal reportable threshold. State = the state that reported it, not the carrier's home state.
Crash reports by month of the year
All states, truck and bus crashes reported for 2023 and 2024, by month. Fewer days in February are part of its dip.
Monthly counts, 2023 and 2024 added together: Jan 33,651; Feb 28,182; Mar 30,948; Apr 29,602; May 31,519; Jun 30,406; Jul 29,740; Aug 32,277; Sep 31,346; Oct 34,975; Nov 30,808; Dec 30,049.
What this number means
- The share is not the risk to you. It is the share of inspected trucks, and inspectors choose which trucks to inspect.
- A high out-of-service share often sits where inspections are focused on problem vehicles or on border and port traffic.
- About 2.9% of reported 2024 crashes were fatal. That national share is the only stable number here. State shares move with a few events.
- Crash counts follow freight volume. Compare crashes with miles driven before you call a state dangerous, and these files have no miles.
What to do about it
- Use the state share as a planning flag: expect more inspections and be ready where it is high. Pre-trip the brakes, lights and tires first.
- Keep your own inspection results by state. Compare them with the calculator below, because your record is what counts.
- Reduce the common violations first. Keep the inspection report from every roadside stop and look for repeats.
- Check winter and peak months: crash reports are highest in October and January in this file.
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