FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Louisiana

Crash Indicator in Louisiana

• 5,227Reportable crashes
• 11,164Registered carriers in the state
• 128Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Louisiana carries 5,227 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 17 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.020 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 6,271
• 2 to 5 power units 2,871
• 6 to 20 power units 951
• 21 to 100 power units 315
• 101 to 1,000 power units 54
• 1,000 or more power units 15

Other categories recorded in Louisiana

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 150
• Driver Fitness 3,395
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 630
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 11,588
• Unsafe Driving 16,829
• Vehicle Maintenance 40,681

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Louisiana →

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.