FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register

Arkansas motor carriers

• 9,802Registered carriers
• 91,762Inspections on file
• 3,625Reportable crashes
• 120Fatal crashes
• 16,138Inspections with an out-of-service order
• 3,901Hazardous materials inspections
• 79Hazmat carriers
• 72Passenger carriers

The census registers 9,802 motor carriers in Arkansas, 79 of them carrying hazardous materials and 72 of them carrying passengers. Inspections recorded against carriers here number 91,762, 16,138 of which ended in an out-of-service order, and 3,625 reportable crashes, 120 of them fatal, are on file.

By category

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in AR
• Crash Indicator in AR
• Driver Fitness in AR
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in AR
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in AR
• Unsafe Driving in AR
• Vehicle Maintenance in AR

Carriers by fleet size in Arkansas

• 1 power unit 5,174
• 2 to 5 power units 3,014
• 6 to 20 power units 918
• 21 to 100 power units 255
• 101 to 1,000 power units 50
• 1,000 or more power units 11

Carriers by the work they do

• Interstate 3,861
• Intrastate, hazardous materials 5,769
• Intrastate, non-hazardous 172

Towns the carriers are based in

Little Rock (581) · Jonesboro (283) · Fort Smith (276) · Springdale (258) · Texarkana (191) · Rogers (162) · El Dorado (160) · Fayetteville (160) · North Little Rock (159) · Conway (144) · Paragould (141) · Harrison (137) · Van Buren (127) · Marion (120) · Pine Bluff (116) · West Memphis (114) · Bentonville (107) · Russellville (94) · Hot Springs (88) · N Little Rock (88) · Forrest City (84) · Mena (84) · Jacksonville (82) · Magnolia (79) · Searcy (77)

Unsafe Driving is the category a broker is most often shown first. Every jurisdiction →

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. A category’s rank is the register’s own count for this jurisdiction set against the same count for the other jurisdictions on the desk, and the town names are the census’s own spelling.

What this page shows

The page covers the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register for Arkansas motor carriers, listing 9,802 registered carriers, 91,762 inspections on file and 3,625 reportable crashes, 120 of them fatal. It also lists 16,138 inspections with an out-of-service order, 3,901 hazardous materials inspections, 79 hazmat carriers and 72 passenger carriers. Categories include Controlled Substances/Alcohol, Crash Indicator, Driver Fitness, Hazardous Materials Compliance, Hours-of-Service Compliance, Unsafe Driving and Vehicle Maintenance.