District of Columbia trucking authority and carrier risk data

The District of Columbia added 5 new USDOT numbers in September 2026, 0.03% of the national total and 51st of 51, among the smallest volumes in the country. That was down 50.0% from September 2025 (10). Over the 12 months to September 2026, the District of Columbia added 102, down 17.1% from the prior 12 months, behind the national change of +5.4%. That puts the District of Columbia 51st for the year with 0.06% of all new registrations. With monthly counts this small, single-month changes can swing widely.

Before FMCSA's legacy data froze on May 14, 2026, the legacy system recorded new operating authority grants for an average of 2 USDOT numbers a month in the District of Columbia (May 2025 to April 2026), 0.04% of the national total. In September 2026, Motus recorded 2, 0.04% of the national Motus count and 49th of 51, among the smallest volumes in the country.

Legacy data recorded an average of 2 involuntary revocations a month for USDOT numbers in the District of Columbia before the freeze. Since the cutover, Motus records involuntary suspensions instead: 0 took effect for USDOT numbers in the District of Columbia in September 2026 (50th of 51, among the smallest volumes in the country), and 5 over the last three months. Insurance filings were cancelled (not replaced) for an average of 8 USDOT numbers a month in the District of Columbia in the legacy data; Motus shows 0 in September 2026, a floor because Motus InsHist covers only authorities touched in Motus.

Of the 102 USDOT numbers added in the District of Columbia from October 2025 to September 2026, 2 (2.0%) list a phone or email shared with at least 3 other USDOT records, close to the national rate of 2.3%. Neither sits in a cluster of 51 or more records.