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FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Montana

Crash Indicator in Montana

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Montana carries 1,203 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 41 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.005 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 Montana

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Montana →

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 Crash Indicator for Montana, listing 1,203 reportable crashes, 8,670 registered carriers in the state and 47 fatal crashes in the state. Montana carries 1,203 reportable crashes in this category out of 255,582 recorded nationally, placing it 41 of 51 jurisdictions, with a share of the national figure of 0.005 as a fraction. The page also lists Montana carriers by fleet size: 4,274 with 1 power unit, 3,297 with 2 to 5 power units, 753 with 6 to 20 power units, 154 with 21 to 100 power units, 22 with 101 to 1,000 power units and 7 with 1,000 or more power units, plus other categories recorded in Montana including Controlled Substances/Alcohol in MT 172, Driver Fitness in MT 2,551, Hazardous Materials Compliance in MT 349, Hours-of-Service Compliance in MT 7,237, Unsafe Driving in MT 1,120 and Vehicle Maintenance in MT 29,890.