FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Kentucky

Crash Indicator in Kentucky

• 5,357Reportable crashes
• 42,274Registered carriers in the state
• 135Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Kentucky carries 5,357 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 16 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.021 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 24,578
• 2 to 5 power units 13,291
• 6 to 20 power units 2,525
• 21 to 100 power units 573
• 101 to 1,000 power units 68
• 1,000 or more power units 18

Other categories recorded in Kentucky

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 185
• Driver Fitness 5,095
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 267
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 6,334
• Unsafe Driving 10,271
• Vehicle Maintenance 61,765

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Kentucky →

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.