FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Montana

Crash Indicator in Montana

• 1,203Reportable crashes
• 8,670Registered carriers in the state
• 47Fatal crashes in the state

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

• 1 power unit 4,274
• 2 to 5 power units 3,297
• 6 to 20 power units 753
• 21 to 100 power units 154
• 101 to 1,000 power units 22
• 1,000 or more power units 7

Other categories recorded in Montana

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 172
• Driver Fitness 2,551
• Hazardous Materials Compliance 349
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 7,237
• Unsafe Driving 1,120
• Vehicle Maintenance 29,890

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.