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FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · California

Crash Indicator in California

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. California carries 18,179 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 2 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.071 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

Other categories recorded in California

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in California →

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.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records public-records register page covers the FMCSA Safety Measurement System California Crash Indicator in California. It lists 18,179 reportable crashes, 316,711 registered carriers in the state and 453 fatal crashes in the state. California carriers by fleet size are listed as 179,215 for 1 power unit, 47,583 for 2 to 5 power units, 12,515 for 6 to 20 power units, 3,436 for 21 to 100 power units, 508 for 101 to 1,000 power units and 156 for 1,000 or more power units.