FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Alabama

Crash Indicator in Alabama

• 5,765Reportable crashes
• 33,702Registered carriers in the state
• 190Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Alabama carries 5,765 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 15 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.023 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 18,569
• 2 to 5 power units 11,219
• 6 to 20 power units 2,315
• 21 to 100 power units 519
• 101 to 1,000 power units 109
• 1,000 or more power units 23

Other categories recorded in Alabama

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 306
• Driver Fitness 6,614
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 508
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 21,345
• Unsafe Driving 7,427
• Vehicle Maintenance 98,449

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Alabama →

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.