FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Arkansas

Unsafe Driving in Arkansas

• 15,123Violations recorded
• 9,802Registered carriers in the state
• 91,708State inspections addressing it

Moving violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle -- speeding, following too close, an improper lane change, reckless driving. Arkansas carries 15,123 violations in this category, out of 649,893 recorded nationally, which places it 17 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. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 5.55.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 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

Other categories recorded in Arkansas

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 584
• Crash Indicator 3,625
• Driver Fitness 4,998
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 399
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 13,691
• Vehicle Maintenance 45,119

Unsafe Driving across every jurisdiction → Every category in Arkansas →

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.